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No, misdemeanours do attract a prison term in Ghana, even 25 years

A few weeks ago, a certain wind began to blow through our legal streets, and it appears to be gaining momentum. It carries a seductive but specious dictum that misdemeanours in Ghana attract no custodial sentence, only a fine; that bail in such cases is a matter of right; and that a judge who refuses it deserves to be rusticated…

No, misdemeanours do attract a prison term in Ghana, even 25 years

A few weeks ago, a certain wind began to blow through our legal streets, and it appears to be gaining momentum. It carries a seductive but specious dictum that misdemeanours in Ghana attract no custodial sentence, only a fine; that bail in such cases is a matter of right; and that a judge who refuses it deserves to be rusticated…

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