Tag: Death Sentences

Outgoing US President, Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, changing their punishment to life imprisonment without parole. It is the highest number ...

In a significant move towards human rights advocacy, John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pledged to abolish the death penalty entirely in Ghana should ...

Amnesty International, a global human rights organization, has hailed Ghana's Parliament for passing an amendment to the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960, as a significant step forward. Tuesday, July ...

As part of this week's amnesty for over 2,000 political prisoners, Myanmar's military commuted the death sentences of 38 people. The country's human rights commission said it was "deeply delighted" ...