December 11, 2020 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 2 Comments
Malawi courts will soon have uniform sentencing of sexual violence perpetrators to ensure that the convicts in sex crimes get stiff punishment, Minister of Justice Titus Mvalo has said.
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Speaking during the International Human Rights Day today in Rumphi Mvalo said he will be taking to Parliament an amendment to the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code on uniformity in sentencing cases relating to sexual violence.
He said the amendment will mean that the courts will have to mete out same sentences on similar issues so that the sentences will not be at the discretion of the magistrates.
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