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- Title
Calling for the punishment to fit the crime.
- Authors
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
- Abstract
A person found guilty of genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity is liable to be sentenced to life imprisonment. However, in terms of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, a person guilty of murder or rape in certain circumstances has to be sentenced to life imprisonment unless there are substantial and compelling circumstances in which case the court has to impose a lesser sentence. This article argues, inter alia, that there is a need to amend South Africa's Implementation of the Rome Statute Act so that courts are obliged to impose life imprisonment on a person found guilty of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity unless there are strong reasons to impose a lesser sentence. This would show South Africa's commitment to punish severely those convicted of such international crimes.
- Subjects
PUNISHMENT; GENOCIDE; WAR crimes; CRIMES against humanity; CRIMINAL sentencing; CRIMINAL law
- Publication
SA Crime Quarterly, 2009, Issue 28, p21
- ISSN
1991-3877
- Publication type
Article