The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has indicated that he will not file cases against persons suspected of engaging in crime before fishing for evidence.
The minister said they will not initiate cases without sufficient evidence.
He said this when he addressed a press conference on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
“I am not the type of attorney general who will file a case before finding evidence,” Dr. Ayine declared.
The minister was addressing reasons why he dropped some cases recently.
He informed the journalists that every decision taken was based on legal merit, and he fully accepts the responsibility for his actions.
“As Attorney General, I take full responsibility for all the decisions so far taken. I am not under any instruction or pressure to discontinue any case or to bring charges against anyone,” he asserted.
Explaining his rationale, he emphasised that professional ethics and legal standards guided his review process.
“For ethical and professional reasons, I couldn’t, in good conscience, continue to prosecute some of the cases. My analysis showed that some of the charges were defective and others defied basic common sense,” he stated.
“In some of the cases, the evidence led so far created reasonable doubt about the guilt of the accused persons. No prosecutor should continue to pursue a case in the face of overwhelming doubt regarding an accused person’s guilt.
“In most of the cases where I terminated proceedings, the conduct of some individual judges left much to be desired,” he added.
He added that all accused persons in the discontinued cases had been acquitted and discharged.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
