Gambia: Bail Should Be Based On the Wages of Criminal Offence

Excessive bail conditions could make an innocent person experience imprisonment before being found innocent. The courts are given the constitutional role to enforce the freedoms and rights granted underthe 1997 constitution. Hence the courts are to uphold the principle of presuming innocence until guilt is proven.

Foroyaa is still studying why bail conditions amounting to Millions would be appropriate for offences where one is ordered, upon conviction, to pay a sum of 50,000 dalasis . Judges and magistrates are the ambassadors of justice. In granting bail conditions, they should not lose sight of the weight of the crime committed.

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