A landmark judgment handed down yesterday by the Constitutional Court declaring it unconstitutional for inmates to serve life imprisonment without any possibility of parole or release on licence. Background The parole system allows the Minister of Justice, on the advice of a Board, to grant prisoners early release from prison before they have fully served […]
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At least 16 death row inmates, who have spent between four and 18 years awaiting their fate, have challenged their pending executions on the basis that the current legal framework does not allow anyone to be hanged.The prisoners also argue that they have overstayed on death row, a situation they say is a violation of […]
In a landmark case, High Court judge Justice Amy Tsanga has ruled that Section 70 of the Police Act, which places a cap of a six-month period within which police should be sued, is inconsistent with the country’s supreme law. Two Zimbabwean soldiers, Michael Munyika and Chrispen Tobaiwa, who were represented by Tendai Biti of […]
Life prisoners now eligible for parole
/in Constitutional, News /by Tawanda BA landmark judgment handed down yesterday by the Constitutional Court declaring it unconstitutional for inmates to serve life imprisonment without any possibility of parole or release on licence. Background The parole system allows the Minister of Justice, on the advice of a Board, to grant prisoners early release from prison before they have fully served […]
Biti fights for death row 16 . . . Murder convicts’ bid to escape hangman’s noose
/0 Comments/in News /by Maita KAt least 16 death row inmates, who have spent between four and 18 years awaiting their fate, have challenged their pending executions on the basis that the current legal framework does not allow anyone to be hanged.The prisoners also argue that they have overstayed on death row, a situation they say is a violation of […]
Zimbabwe Court Makes Landmark Ruling on Police Lawsuits
/0 Comments/in News /by Maita KIn a landmark case, High Court judge Justice Amy Tsanga has ruled that Section 70 of the Police Act, which places a cap of a six-month period within which police should be sued, is inconsistent with the country’s supreme law. Two Zimbabwean soldiers, Michael Munyika and Chrispen Tobaiwa, who were represented by Tendai Biti of […]