Kafero Vs Uganda
Kafero Vs Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 523 of 2014) [2019] UGCA 2083 (25 June 2019)
The Court found that the sentence imposed by the High Court was illegal because it excluded the appellant's statutory right to remission under Section 84 of the Prisons Act. The Court also held that the trial Judge erred by deducting the period spent on death row post-conviction as time spent on remand, which is not permissible. Only the actual period spent on remand prior to conviction (3 years, 4 months, and 21 days) should be deducted from the sentence. Considering the sentencing range in similar murder cases and both mitigating and aggravating factors, the Court determined that a sentence…
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- Murder Sentencing
- Remission Of Sentence
- Resentencing After Death Penalty
- Mitigating And Aggravating Factors