In Ghana, any individual who kills another unlawfully is guilty of homicide and would be penalised with death. Nevertheless, there are some categories of people absolved by the law from the death punishment. Such persons include:
1. Pregnant women
Pregnant women who commit capital offenses punishable by death will not be penalised under the right to life as codified if they are pregnant. Because the unborn child is presumed innocent, the law does not hold it against an innocent person who is trying to avenge the wrongdoing of someone else. Instead of being sentenced to death, she will spend the rest of her life in prison.
2. Nursing Mothers
No pregnant or breastfeeding woman can be executed under the Child’s Rights Act. Instead, she will get another penalty in line with the seriousness of the offense she committed.
3. Insane or Mentally unstable persons
Because of a major cognitive disease, a Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an imbalanced person as someone who thinks or acts strangely or unreasonable. It is widely accepted by the legal system that those who lack the mental capacity to conduct a crime are not to blame.
4. Underage
Underage criminals are another group that will not be subjected to the death sentence. There is no death penalty for crimes committed by children under the age of 18, but the court can sentence them to life in prison or any other punishment it deems appropriate. The death sentence will be applied to everyone else, save for those who fall into one of the following categories.
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