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‘Life imprisonment without parole unconstitutional’

HARARE – The Constitutional Court yesterday reserved ruling in an application in which an inmate is challenging the constitutionality of life in prison, arguing it amounts to cruel and inhuman punishment. Obadiah Makoni, through his lawyer Tendai Biti, who was instructed by legal watchdog Veritas Zimbabwe, argued that requiring a prisoner to spend his whole…

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