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Wontumi case: Justice should not be measured by the number of people jailed – Atta Akyea
By GhanaSummary Newsroom1 min read

" Mr Atta Akyea concluded that measuring the effectiveness of the justice system by the number of convictions or prison sentences handed down would undermine the rule of law."The same energies judges are using to adjudicate criminal cases are not being applied to civil cases," he said, adding that the disparity "does not augur well for the justice delivery system."Mr Atta Akyea said a court of competent jurisdiction should not concern itself with the number of people it sends to prison.
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