The sympathizers have apparently arranged some foodstuffs for the convicts.
The foodstuffs include some tubers of cassava, a bunch of plantain, kontomire and a fowl.
The sympathizers also want the convicts to note that they are strongly behind them and so presenting the foodstuffs to empathize with them.
Meanwhile, leadership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned the jailing of the Montie FM journalist and two panelists to four months in prison.
The ruling party has further expressed utter shock that the Supreme Court Judges didn't temper justice with mercy.
A private legal practitioner has also appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to exercise his powers under Article 72 to grant the convicts Presidential clemency.
A group calling itself "Research and Advocacy Platform" has also opened a petition book aimed at mobilizing Ghanaians of all shades of opinion to Petition the President to invoke Article 72 of the Constitution to offer the imprisoned three a reprieve from this harsh sentence.
Article 72 grants the President the power to "grant to a person convicted of an offence a pardon either free or subject to lawful conditions."
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