26 May 2014 :
President John Dramani Mahama granted amnesty to 870 prisoners to commemorate the 53rd Republic Anniversary in accordance with Article 72 of the Constitution of Ghana and based on the criteria laid down by the Prisons Service Council. About 33 prisoners who had been on the death row and served ten years and above, have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment.(Sources: ghanaweb.com, 01/07/2013)
