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Prisoners get reprieve in a landmark decree

Justice George Odunga at the Mombasa High Court in 2016. [File]

The High Court has opened doors for convicts to get lower sentences by finding that their time behind bars should incorporate time in remand.

In yet another landmark judgement on how the country punishes offenders, Justice George Odunga decreed that other than those who have been condemned to suffer death, the time spent by other convicts should be less than the period spent in remand.

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