Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare popularly known as Kwaku Azar has in a response to the recent withdrawal of charges in the trial of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen, urged for a more thorough and objective look at the situation in a post he shared on Facebook.
While the Attorney-General has decided to discontinue the prosecutions of the leaked tape allegations involving the two former NDC officials, Kwaku Azar believes that this move raises important questions about the judicial process. "This is not the first time cases have been in the system for years, only to be abandoned," Kwaku Azar observed.
He points out that the charges in this case had been dragging on for a while, and questions whether the evidence ever met the legal standards for a conviction. "If these cases have been in court for this long with no conviction, we must ask whether the prosecution's case was ever solid enough to stand trial," his post said.
For Kwaku Azar, the issue isn't just about the decision to drop the charges, but about the prosecution's role in the failure to secure convictions. "Why, after all these years, was the prosecution unable to make its case?" he asks. "Was the evidence insufficient?
