He argued that the Attorney General must take the matter to the Court of Appeal to have the sentence reversed. He questioned the basis for the sentence reduction, pointing to the statutory thresholds set for misdemeanours and felonies. According to him, the state’s failure to appeal would send the wrong signal and weaken public confidence in the criminal justice system. Overturn this sledgehammer ruling and restore the teeth to our criminal justice system,” he said. He urged the Attorney General to act swiftly to overturn the ruling and ‘restore the teeth’ of Ghana’s criminal justice system.

Source: GhanaWeb February 08, 2026 15:13 UTC