[4] On 25 July 2023, the Parliament of Ghana voted to legally abolish capital punishment for ordinary offences.
Capital punishment remains a prescribed penalty under the constitution for high treason.
The country's legal code was amended to replace capital punishment with life imprisonment.
The legislation was tabled by Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, who described it as a "great advancement of the human rights record of Ghana.
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