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Breaking News:Judges Caught Taking Bribes.

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 Twenty-two circuit judges and magistrates were suspended 
when the claims were first made in a newspaper earlier this month, 
sparking a probe by the country’s judicial council disciplinary body.Some of the judges implicated tried to block the broadcast
 but failed and the footage lasting several hours was finally shown on 
Tuesday evening in the capital, Accra.Ghanaians have voiced shock and anger after hundreds of 
people flocked to see a public screening of a long-awaited video 
capturing judges and court officials allegedly taking bribes.“The whole thing is pathetic,” said Kwame Acheampong, who 
was among the audience at the screening, which it has been claimed was 
confirmation of long-held suspicions about the practice in Ghana.“They have abused the system and if we really want the 
system to work, then there must be rules and regulations that go with 
such abuses,” he told AFP.Another resident, Bismarck Nanor, said any judge found 
guilty of wrong-doing should be punished and not be regarded as “above 
the law”.“I think that for the justice system to purge itself, 
everyone found culpable must be punished according to the same law, the 
same legal proceedings they use against others,” he added.Michael Ntim questioned why judges would be tempted to 
accept bribes in the first place, adding: “I was so shocked honestly at 
some of the things I saw.”The allegations of bribe-taking to swing favourable 
verdicts and acquittals were made by an undercover journalist, who then 
petitioned President John Dramani Mahama for the judges’ removal.</div>
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In addition to the 22 judges and magistrates suspended, 
Ghana’s chief justice Georgina Wood said the judicial council was also 
looking at whether 12 high court judges should also face action.</div>