{"id":12357,"date":"2023-08-08T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/2023\/08\/08\/breaking-news-prez-assents-to-bill-to-abolish-death-penalty\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:18:37","slug":"breaking-news-prez-assents-to-bill-to-abolish-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=12357","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News; Prez Assents to Bill to Abolish Death Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo, has assented to the Criminal Offences Amendment Act, 2023, and Armed Forces Amendment Act, 2023, recently passed by Parliament to substitute life imprisonment for the death Penalty into law.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to confidential sources and copies of the Acts as sighted at Parliament, signed copies of the Act were assented into law by the President on Wednesday, August 2, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be recalled that on Tuesday, July 25 2023, and Thursday, July 27 2023, the Parliament of Ghana passed the Criminal and Other Offenses (Amendment) Bill, 2022, and Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to substitute life imprisonment for the death Penalty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These amendments which have been described globally by Human Rights watchers as historic were proposed by member of Parliament for Madina Constituency, who also doubles as deputy Ranking Member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Hon. Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/373992729_225028.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/373992729_225028.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/373992729_225028-250x216.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Prez Akufo-Addo<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the amendments, the proposals had received widespread support from key stakeholders including the President of the Republic of Ghana, the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court, the Ghana Armed Forces, the Police and Prison Services, Civil Society Organisations, Religious Organisations, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, and the Diplomatic Community, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following passage of the Bills, Ghana has now become the 29<sup>th<\/sup> African country to abolish the death Penalty from its statute books for ordinary offenses following neighbours including Sierra Leone, Zambia, Benin, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso, Chad and Equatorial Guinea, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis-xavier-susu-in-parliament-750x3751427083530113634942-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis-xavier-susu-in-parliament-750x3751427083530113634942-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis-xavier-susu-in-parliament-750x3751427083530113634942-1-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis-xavier-susu-in-parliament-750x3751427083530113634942-1-250x125.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Hon Francis Xavier Sosu <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Hon. 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