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Editor-In-Chief of the Daily Searchlight newspaper, Kenneth Adjei Kuranchie has disclosed his intention to seek redress because he was not treated fairly. According to him, instead of being given the chance to explain what he wrote in his newspaper, he �was denied the opportunity to defend himself�. �I didn�t show them any disrespect. I have the right to defend myself� I was denied the opportunity to speak my mind and defend myself (in terms of the publication). I was denied that right by justice Gbedegbe. We live in a lawful nation and at the appropriate time, I will talk to my lawyers if there is any legal redress to be sought�� he divulged. Ken Kuranchie made this known on Thursday after he was released from the Nsawam Prisons after serving a 10-day sentence for criminal contempt. Speaking to Kwami Sefa-Kayi immediately after his release, Ken stated categorically that he does not regret making those comments which led him to appear before the nine judges of the Supreme Court presiding over the ongoing election petition. One can recall that Ken Kuranchie was charged and found guilty for criminal contempt after he wrote an editorial in support of a comment made by Sammy Awuku, Deputy Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the Supreme Court Justices hearing the Presidential Election Petition were being �hypocritical and selective�. He was given 10-days imprisonment along with Stephen Atubiga, a member of the Communication team of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). �I did not regret my confrontation with the Supreme Court. If I am given the option today, I will do the same thing because the Supreme Court needs to clarify for us whether there is a difference between reportage and the situation that took Sammy Awuku to the Supreme Court. The two processes cannot be the same�I think that after what I have gone through and come back, I would write the same thing�no single human being, no court on the face of this earth can deny me the right to what i believe in. If I believe that your conduct is hypocritical, I think I have the right to speak that your conduct is hypocritical. I have no regret at all,� he stated defiantly on Kokrokoo. He added that instead of the Judges of the Supreme Court making people timid and nervous, they should rather encourage people to speak confidently, defending their stance or what they are being accused of. �The Supreme Court is the foremost in law enforcement in this country but it is not God and they should encourage people to come before them and speak with confidence. Justice Atuguba and the other panel have rather done me a favour by sending me through this process. Frankly I am glad I went through this process�� he revealed.