Ghana abolishes death penalty, with expected reprieve for 176 condemned prisoners

Country joins growing list of African nations free of capital punishment, but execution remains for high treason

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As someone from the states, sometimes I'm shocked by how non-progressive the US is.
- I wish I could say I was shocked at this point. Ghana also has universal healthcare for all people within its borders.
- Murder is the worst thing you can do. For doing it, we will murder you
  
  So weird
  
  And sometimes we know you didn't do it, but we're going to kill you anyway, because it looks good for our political campaign.
- The US is only considered a developed country because of its military.
  
  @SomethingBurger @WilliamTheWicked GDP and infrastructure would like to have a word on this topic.
- It's the classic metric issue.
  
  A third or so of the country wants America to "lead" and not "follow". So they resist change they percieve as being pushed on them from outside, no matter how logical or beneficial.
- I mean there's still a lot of countries in Africa that are just as - or more - regressive about social matters as the US.
now for the rest of the world.
- 124 countries have banned the death penalty.
Thank fuck
- Ghana hadn't actually executed anyone in the last 30 years, but it's nice to see this outdated law struck off their books.

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