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Lawyer, journalist and host of Joy FM's Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has described Parliament's passage of the Community Service Bill as a landmark reform that will make Ghana's criminal justice system fairer by reducing the imprisonment of people convicted of minor offences solely because they cannot pay fines. In a personal statement, Samson said the legislation represents a "historic victory for equity, human rights, and the poor man's law," arguing that custodial sentences for minor, poverty-related offences have for years contributed to prison overcrowding while breaking up families and livelihoods.