I am disturbed, disappointed, and saddened by the decision of the Parliament of our Republic to outlaw the death penalty from our law books or statutes.
I wrote a piece criticizing the House for that decision.
I thought it was rushed and unnecessary.
Was Parliament forced by some invisible hands to undertake that needless exercise of law-making?
I commend Hon Avoka and some few Members of the House who criticized the repeal of that law.
Just a few days ago, a house helper in Kumasi who was recruited by a family to be a helper, viciously and wickedly murdered an innocent woman.
This nefarious alleged murderer when caught or arrested would be prosecuted and when found guilty, he could only be sentenced without feeling the pain of killing or wickedly taking the life of someone’s wife, mother, sister, aunt, niece, or cousin.
Can you imagine the pain, anguish, and worry the family is going through, because of the wickedness of this hog, called a human?
Then the police officer, who allegedly killed an innocent and budding lady, and many other cases.
When they are found guilty, the only punishment is incarceration.
Whilst in incarceration, they would be fed with the taxpayer’s money and other expenses borne by the State.
What our lawmakers must know is that some laws are not either amended or repealed because they have not been enforced. They should be left in our statutes to serve as scarecrows to discourage potential offenders from doing their things.
Then, the Supreme Court’s decision which ruled that all offenses should be bailable is another wild and wrong decision.
Currently in Wa, an alleged defiler, who has defiled 13 children whose ages range from 10 to 14 years.
His lawyer applied for bail.
The Court granted it and he didn’t feel remorse for his abdominal and shameful act, but continued with his escapades and increased the number of his victims from the initial six to the current bracket. Can you imagine? Almost damaging the lives of these innocent children. Oh No.
That decision by our apex Court, the Supreme Court was very injurious to the citizens.
In our criminal jurisprudence, we have crimes that are misdemeanours and others which are felonies. If our SC ruled that misdemeanours could be bailable and the felonies without being bailable, I thought it would have been somehow good in the eyes of the public, but to rule that all offences were bailable was to me a sordid decision.
Personally, the applicant or plaintiff in the matter, Martin Kpebu against the state, represented by the Attorney General had a good intention, the reason why he went to the right forum for an interpretation of the law.
I pray that a time will come when the SC will review its own decision on the matter that all offences should be bailable.
Laws are made to protect the people, but not to make them vulnerable.
I rest my case.
Our Parliament and our Courts watch some of your actions and decisions.
Ahmed
The Servant