No hangman to execute Ghana's death row convicts
13 July 2017: Director of Administration at the Prison Service Stephen Coffie has disclosed that the hangman whose duty it was to professionally execute the death sentence has long left the system.
13 July 2017: Director of Administration at the Prison Service Stephen Coffie has disclosed that the hangman whose duty it was to professionally execute the death sentence has long left the system.
The hangman’s noose though available also needs heavy servicing in the unlikely event any of the convicts on death row is to be executed.
The last time the state executed death row convicts was in 1993 when ex-president John Rawlings ordered the execution of 12 convicted armed robbers and murderers in and around Accra.
Presently there are more than 148 persons, including 4 women on death row in Ghana.
Source: Ghana|Myjoyonline.com|Nathan Gadugah
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