Lawyers advocate compensation for wrongful imprisonment

Punchng | 03-11-2024 01:18pm |

Human rights lawyers have called on the Federal Government to incorporate compensation for wrongfully imprisoned individuals into Nigeria’s criminal justice system. The human rights lawyers argued that including such provision would help deter unlawful convictions and protect innocent Nigerians from unjust imprisonment. According to statistics from the Nigerian Correctional Service, out of 84,011 inmates (male Read More

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