{"id":630621,"date":"2021-07-06T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=630621"},"modified":"2021-07-06T15:56:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T12:56:14","slug":"muruatetu-case-supreme-court-rules-death-penalty-applicable-as-discretionary-maximum-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2021\/07\/muruatetu-case-supreme-court-rules-death-penalty-applicable-as-discretionary-maximum-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Muruatetu case: Supreme Court rules death penalty applicable as discretionary maximum punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s2\">NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 6 &#8211; The decision in the famous Muruatetu case <\/span><span class=\"s2\">did<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> not outlaw the death penalty, which is still applicable as a discretionary maximum punishment, the Supreme Court has directed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">The re-constituted court in its inaugural sitting Tuesday reiterated that its decision in the case did not invalidate mandatory sentences or minimum sentences in the Penal Code, the Sexual Offences Act or any other statute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">\u201cIt should be apparent from the foregoing that Muruatetu cannot be the authority for stating that all provisions of the law prescribing mandatory or minimum<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">sentences are inconsistent with the Constitution,\u201d the orders read by Chief Justice Martha Koome directed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">The seven-judge bench comprising CJ Koome, Deputy CJ Philomena Mwilu, Mohammed Ibrahim, Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung\u2019u, Isaac Lenaola and William Ouko asserted that the decision of Muruatetu only applied to sentences of murder under Section 203 and 204 of the Penal Code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The judges said the Judiciary Sentencing Policy Guidelines should be revised in tandem with the new jurisprudence enunciated in Muruatetu.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">\u201cAll offenders who have been subject to the mandatory death penalty and desire to be heard on sentence will be entitled to re-sentencing hearing,\u201d the apex court said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">The Supreme Court initially delivered a ruling in the case of Francis Karioko Muruatetu &amp; Another <\/span><span class=\"s2\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"s2\">vs<\/span><span class=\"s2\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> the Republic &amp; Others on December 14, 2017 in which it made a finding that the mandatory nature of the death sentence as provided for under Section 204 of the Penal Code, with respect to murder cases, was unconstitutional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">The court directed the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions and other relevant agencies to develop a framework for dealing with the re-sentencing hearings of similar cases within 12 months of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Before the Taskforce to implement the decision could finalise its work for consideration by the Supreme Court, courts below embarked on the interpretation of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision leading to inconsistency, confusion, and lack of uniformity in the country\u2019s sentencing practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Some of the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">resultant<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> approaches adopted by courts included adoption of the judicial approach that all provisions of the law prescribing <\/span><span class=\"s4\">mandatory<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">or <\/span><span class=\"s4\">minimum <\/span><span class=\"s2\">s<\/span><span class=\"s2\">entences are inconsistent with the Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Appellants whose sentences were confirmed by the High Court and the Court of Appeal have <\/span><span class=\"s2\">also <\/span><span class=\"s2\">returned to magistrates\u2019 courts, where, without reference to the decisions of the two superior courts, have had those sentences revised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">The magistrate\u2019s courts have<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">in some instances<\/span><span class=\"s2\">,<\/span><span class=\"s2\">entertained applications for re-sentencing in murder cases, without jurisdiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Some appellants whose appeals under various statutes prescribing mandatory or minimum sentences, that are pending in the High Court or Court of Appeal, have also had their sentences revised by the magistrate\u2019s courts without disclosing the fact that pending appeals exist in Superior Courts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">The Supreme Court has directed that in respect of other capital offences such as treason<\/span><span class=\"s2\">,<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> robbery with violence and attempted robbery with violence that a challenge on the constitutional validity of the mandatory death <\/span><span class=\"s2\">penalty should be properly filed, presented, and argued before the High Court <\/span><span class=\"s2\">or<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> escalated to the Court of Appeal, if necessary, at which a similar outcome as that in the Muruatetu case may be reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">To guide the courts in their sentencing practice, the Supreme Court directed that the Judiciary Sentencing Policy Guidelines to be revised in tandem with the new jurisprudence enunciated in the Muruatetu case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All offenders who have been subject to the mandatory death penalty will be entitled to re-sentencing hearing.<\/p>\n<p>In the re-sentencing hearings, the courts will be required to record the prosecution\u2019s and the appellant\u2019s submissions as well as those of the victims before deciding on the suitable sentence.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Applications for re-sentencing arising from a trial before the High Court will only be entertained by the High Court, which has jurisdiction to do so and not<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">subordinate courts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 6 &#8211; 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