President Akufo Addo has granted presidential amnesty to 808 prisoners upon recommendation from the Prisons Council Service and in consultation with the Council of State .
According to a statement signed by Patrick Darko Missah, Director General of Prisons, beneficiaries include 783 first offenders , 11 seriously ill persons, 7 inmates on death row to be commuted to life imprisonment , 4 inmates serving life sentence to have sentence commuted to 20 years definite term and 3 very old prisoners(70 years abd above)
Below is the full statement:
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com
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