The_AwisiDede

You don’t pay any lawyer to secure an acquittal or not guilty verdict. Your right to fair trial is guaranteed under article 19 of the 1992 constitution of Ghana. If you’re innocent, your lawyer will push for a fair trial and you’ll realize it will be difficult for the prosecution to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt as established under the Evidence Act. However if you committed a crime, your lawyer will push for a fair trial and justifiable punishment. There are a lot of considerations that go into the determination of conviction and sentencing. Infact there are several defenses available to the individual that the lawyer can rely on including insanity, being a minor (child), being provoked to cause mental, self defense, defense of property and life of another, breakage of causation and many more. The lawyer will rely on the most appropriate defense to enter escape conviction or rely on mitigating circumstances to have reduced sentence. If the conviction happens and the judgment is against the weight of evidence or the judge was bias or didn’t have jurisdiction etc the lawyer can appeal or invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the superior court for relief. The lawyer will not refund you for the payment of fees for his service. Same way a doctor will not refund surgery fees if unfortunately for the patient, the surgery didn’t go through.