21 Jul
2012
21 Jul
'12
7:04 p.m.
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
A life sentence is never a death sentence, since you can still get presidential pardon on good behaviour
A lawyer I spoke to about this issue said equating causing death by dangerous driving to murder is probably unconstitutional. Murder should be reserved for premeditated killing - hence the reason quite a few murder cases end up with charges reduced to manslaughter when it's not possible to prove the action was premeditated. According to him this shows the inadequacy of our MPigs when it comes to passing laws. Last I heard of it there was to be a constitutional application regarding this - I think by the LSK. Regards, Steve