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Judges clamour for more magistrates’ powers

Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judges Justices Esther Muremba and Deputy Judge President Garainesu Mawadze have pleaded with Parliament to give regional magistrates more powers in penalising offenders. Currently, magistrates’ sentencing powers are limited to just 12 years even if they handle a complex case which might deserve more than a 12 years sentence. The…

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