Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are...

Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are capital crimes. President Jerry John Rawlings seized power as a young air force officer in a 1979 coup that toppled General Frederick Akuffo's military regime. Denouncing corruption, his Armed Forces Revolutionary Council executed senior military officers and confiscated assets. The last execution was in 1973. In 2000 President Rawlings, grant mercy to 1000 prisoners. Among them there were two death row inmates.