The learned Daniel Korang argues in his terse and pointed write up that the calls for the resignation of the Attorney General are wrongly grounded.

In sharing his modernist perspectives of plea negotiations to the ongoing concerns raised by some about the recorded conversation between the Attorney-General and the 3rd accused in the Ato Forson trial, the learned Korang suggests, in reliance on case law that, "The use of prosecutorial inducements, threats, promises and coercion is an integral part of plea bargaining. The law permits the Attorney-General to threaten harsh punishment or promise lenient punishment or even promise absolute discharge, to induce an accused to plead guilty. A prosecutor may adopt strategic overcharging to induce an accused to enter into a plea agreement."

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