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Great piece the lawyer of the contemnor were too gentle
Kofi, how are you doing at the other side of the pond? Kofi, I also do not understand the conviction of the owners of the station not because I think the Supreme Court Justices were wrong but have no idea what their culpabili ...
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SARPONG, I am fine and the weather is lovely here. I hope you are the same. Hmmm!, the guilty pleadings of the directors/owners is sad but as Okonko Palm said, it was a tactic by their Attorneys that backfired. The fact is, ...
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If you give a platform for terrorist to operate, even when you didn't know they were terrorist, would you be exonerated from their acts of terror? I think the law acts differently from your perception
..even when you didn't know they were terrorist but which by law you were supposed to know before renting out, that they, the terrorist, will follow the set of guidelines meant for the use of such platforms.
Let's forget about the nonsense of the law and face the reality. First and foremost there was a threat; the offenders admitted their guilt, and they were subsequently punished. What is the noise making, and the so called 'Rev ...
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The SC gave them no choice? Kofi c'mon, Harry Zakour, Ato Ahwoi and others are not fools, they know their rights, they could have pleaded not guilty and went through trial.
On the surface, it seems not fair for the SC to b ...
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Mr Sarpong I hope you're doing great: Great lawyer.And I also hope you're one that I know of my Dad peers
Wow, this is what we called Legal Luminary. Because of hypocrisy and fear, those who called themselves legal professional in Ghana will never come out. Very sad for the nation Ghana.
Kofi, if you are not a lawyer as you always state, then you have not only put our so-called lawyers in Ghana to shame, you have also taught them a thing or two.
Why do counsel engaged to defend their clients, only appear b ...
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There were in fact grounds on which the contempt case could be challenged and the law tested.Instead the lawyers for the contemnors went cap in hand and lay prostrate at the mercy of the judges who saw it as a sign of weaknes ...
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The SC has overplayed its hands. I wonder who they wanted to please so much !!!
Justices of the SC should also watch what they say on the bench as their utterances based on where they sit, could inflame or calm the nation. ...
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The SC was right! Radio station did it all the time!
NDC WANTS TO KILL JUDGES AND TURN GHANA INTO A JUNGLE EH?...THEY HAVE KILLED JUDGES BEFORE SO WHO IN HIS RIGHT SENSES WILL TAKE THESE THREATS CASUALLY?....LETS BE REAL, OUR DEMOCRACY WILL BE NO DEMOCRACY IF OUR JUDGES ARE KIL ...
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Ofui. You are a big fool paa. What's wrong with you.
OWNERS ALLOWED DAILY INSULTS OF PERSONALITIES AND BEATING OF WAR AND TRIBAL DRUMS..IT WAS DELIBERATELY DONE TO CREATE INSECURITY IN THE MINDS OF ALL OPPOSITION...WHO WILL ALLOW SUCH CRIMINALITY IF NOT CRIMINAL NDC...NDC WANTS ...
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The argument by Ms OFOSUAA is at best lame,and void of any legal reasoning.If that is the case,Donald Trump,by his numerous statements and abusive statements would have been in jail by now.By this act,the SC has opened itself ...
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The Supreme Court Justices are partly to blame for these unfortunate statements made by the Montie3. The statements by Alistair and Ako Gunn were in reaction to what the Chief Justice said to Mrs Charlotte Osei, that they (S/ ...
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Kofi Ata, I don't blame you for such a porous argument on behalf of the owners and managers of Montie-Fm, because you are not a professionally trained journalist like me. Here in America, the oldest of modern democracies, we ...
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HERE COMES THE FOOL AGAIN OKOAMPA AHOOTAN, THE TRIBAL BIGOT FROM AKYEM ABUAKWA, THE NKRUMAH HATER. ABOA BI K3K3.
Shame on you ahoofe, sir trained but unpolished newspaper boy. Shame because you REFUSE to reason outside your thick head. Shame!
Prof and my fellow Perscoba, my argument is not about professional journalism but the legality or otherwise of convicting directors and owners of a a radio station for contempt of court that was ex facie curiae. My case is th ...
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Kofi Ata, don't mind Okoampa's pompous statement. He thinks anybody who is a trained journalist and works professionally as such knows everything pertaining to journalism and should be the only one allowed to pronounce on suc ...
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Kofi, you said you are not a lawyer but according to you, the three legal principles that must be met to prove corporate liability was not met. GOOD. Even you who is not a lawyer knows that, why didn't the Owners lawyers go t ...
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This fool Kwame is here again. Maggot man. Stupid cow. Wise up. Gyimifou. Ofui. Koter3. Nankwareserenii. Dwonsokurobo
what happened in ghana on the 27th July is what makes countries like Afghanistan n Nigeria form force to throw bombs, n that's exactly what is going to happen in ghana because if a judge can turn herself against a party n pre ...
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Rwanda genocide must be demystified! Was the Rwanda genocide a result of radio? I will argue no! Stop blaming Rwanda genocide on radio and media. Rwanda genocide will have occurred despite the radio. Hitler killed 7 million J ...
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Very educative piece
The lawyers for the contemnors did what is necessary because if they had argue the sentence would have been long.The Judges went in for revenge because their party is given negative publicity on pampaso.
Kofi Atta, Arthur Kennedy, Prof Asare and the likes of you what do we do to change the constitution of how contempt cases should be handled in the future? The judges acted like how a military dictator would line up people a ...
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This biased judgement is an attempt to gag Montie and the likes who criticize their party flagbearer(Akufo Addo) and I bet u it will never work.I have said it time and again that as far as people will not over vote in Ashanti ...
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I bow down for admiration. Your analysis comes without hatred. And it's pure and neutral and it has hit the nail by the head.
The precedence had already been set in the case when "Sir John" was summoned for allegedly running the supreme court down.
His lawyer of high repute, Ayikoi Otoo, though used all technicalities available to defend his client ...
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An honest writer/critic on this issue would have promptly identified himself. Everybody knows that Kofi Ata used to hang out with the Rawlingses and the P/NDC.
The critic ought to have cited media law to argue out his poi ...
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Didn't know that. But shame on u.
Though I don't support what the 3 said, they deserve their conviction but 4 months is too hash and the conviction of the radio station clearly shows hatred and abuse of power.
Kofi Ata, why do you say you were not going to make legal arguments and then went on directly to make legal arguments? I can hardly find the non-legal aspects of your argument. Are you trying to pre-empt accusations that you ...
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KA, you are right on what I meant in that sentence. The "not" got lost in translation. My non legal argument was in reference to those of free speech and press freedom and that is why I referred readers to Prof Asare's articl ...
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I concur!
Good piece, Kofi. I am tempted to agree with you. The SC went overboard, this time. Much as the 3 were reckless and deserve some form of punishment, the supreme court judgement and their whole conduct during the trial makes ...
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Aku, most of the time when I read your comments in this forum whether I agree or disagree with you, you give me a great source of pride for your intelligent comments.
Aku, if you are implying that the four months prison s ...
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I belong to the school of thought that believes punishment should be correctional and not destructive. A perfect example of the correctional punishment is what was done with the contempt cases during the election petition he ...
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I am really surprised that some of us are happy with this kind of judgement. Our coutry is so divided within the judiciary, chieftancy, the clergy, and in all departments of our lives. I get scared day in and day out. I would ...
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l'm pround of this excellent lawyer education, not like they so called disgraceful supreme court judges. l know it will be a disgrace to they so call sc judges.
ATTA KOFI, YOUR SUBMISSION IS FULL OF MISCHIEF AND INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY. BE REMINDED THAT OUR CURRENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS NOT A KANGAROO JUSTICE SYSTEM. WHAT EVER HAS HAPPENED THERE WENT THROUGH DUE PROCESS.