President Jerry John Rawlings granted amnesty to 1,000...

President Jerry John Rawlings granted amnesty to 1,000 prisoners, including two soldiers who were convicted in 1983 and 1985 respectively and sentenced to death for subversion. Former army Captain Edward Adjei Ampofo and former Sergeant Oduro Frimpong, were to be released from prison, based on the recommendations of the Prisons Service and the Council of the State. The two benefited from a previous amnesty in 1997 when the death sentence passed on them was commuted to life imprisonment. They have each served over 16 years in prison. Rawlings has also directed a further review of cases of senior military and non-commissioned officers, some of whom have remained in exile over several years.