PRESS RELEASE :ASEPA COMMENDS JUSTICE ATUGUBA AND THE SUPREME COURT FOR LANDMARK RULING ON ACCESS TO PROSECUTION DOCUMENTS
ASEPA wishes to use this medium to commend the Supreme Court of Ghana especially the Justice William Atuguba panel that gave a landmark verdict on Thursday, June 6, 2018 asking the Attorney General to make available all prosecution documents in any criminal trial to the Accused Person or the Defense party. One of the things we have always been advocating for as a human rights group in the country is the Enforcement of the right of every Ghanaian citizen to a fair trial. Access to prosecution documents has always been a problem for defense parties, Not Just prosecution documents but also Prosecution witness statements and Prosecution exhibits which forms an integral part of any trial and goes a long to even have an impact on the judgment were all not available for defense parties to properly prepare their responses which naturally disadvantaged them. We have always held the view that the apparent lack of access to prosecution documents by defense parti was an impediment to Article 1...