GHANA. DEPUTY AG DESIGNATE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY

the nominee for the position of deputy Attorney-General and minister for justice, Kwame Osei Prempeh, said he did not subscribe to the death penalty as punishment for those convicted under Ghana’s laws.
He contended that there was no justification for the penalty, and insisted that he would always advocate for its abolition.
Prempeh made his comments as he appeared before the Appointments Committee of parliament to be scrutinized by the legislature for his new position.
The nominee argued that killing a person for a specific crime did not have any positive effect on society because that person would be dead and gone and would not be in a position to regret their mistakes.
"After this if investigations reveal that the one killed was innocent, the person cannot be brought back to life. Death penalty should be abolished", he said.
"Put the person in prison without pardon or parole and let him be there forever. I think that is a better punishment", he opined.
Asked what he would do if in the discharge of his duties as deputy AG he was confronted with a case in which the death penalty was the sentence to be imposed, Prempeh replied that he would follow the law and impose the punishment. He quickly added that if there were an alternative he would hesitate in asking for the death penalty.