Appeal Court judge rejects death penalty

Appeal Court judge rejects death penalty
Daily News
FOR the first time in the country's history, a justice of the Court of Appeal has refused to endorse a death sentence passed against a resident of Bukoba, Dominick Damian, who killed his mother on suspicion that she was bewitching him. While Justices ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

Daily News

12 Feb

Court rejects financial scam appeal

Court rejects financial scam appeal
Daily News
THE Court of Appeal rejected the appeal lodged by 11 accused persons, including officials with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) who challenged a provision under Criminal Procedure Act, preventing bail to persons facing money laundering charges.

 

10 years ago

Mwananchi

06 Dec

Court rejects DPP appeal on Lwakatare

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) challenging the nullification of terrorist charges against Chadema Defence and Security director, Mr Wilfred Lwakatare.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Nov

African court rejects appeal by Tanzanian

 The African Court of Human and People’s Rights (AfCHPR) has dismissed an appeal by a Tanzanian jailed some 20 years ago for armed robbery, saying the evidence adduced and offence he was convicted does not merit release from prison. 

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Mar

Former Court of Appeal Judge counsels members

A former Court of Appeal judge has urged Constituent Assembly members to put national interests first and avoid making decisions based on personal convictions.

 

9 years ago

BBC

23 Dec

Judge rejects Rwanda extradition bid

A judge in London rules that five Rwandan men accused of taking part in the country's 1994 genocide should not be extradited to face trial.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

20 Dec

Death penalty should not be abolished

IPPmedia
Death penalty should not be abolished
IPPmedia
Those human Rights campaigns who are seeking to Pressurize Tanzanians into abolishing the death penalty are addressing the wrong audience; instead, they should ascertain and prevail upon Tanzania's minority with murderous tendencies and the latter's ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Jan

Controversy over death penalty

For the first time in the history and development of Constitutions in Tanzania, a final Draft Constitution has included in it the death penalty and how it can be executed by the Head of State. All Constitutions before and after independence have never included in their Articles a crime of murder or any other crime, whose penalty is death.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Sep

CA supports death penalty

IPPmedia
CA supports death penalty
IPPmedia
The death penalty is likely to remain in the new constitution as members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) yesterday expressed general support for capital punishment and suggested hanging of corrupt public officers. The CA is of the view that the penalty is ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Death penalty for Nigerian soldiers

A Nigerian court martial in the capital Abuja sentences 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram Islamist militants.

 

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