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Why convict wants magistrates given power to handle murder cases

[Courtesy]

A police officer sentenced to death for killing a former minister’s son has challenged the process used to convict him.

Dickson Munene’s suit seeking to allow magistrates to try murder suspects, if successful, could lead to the retrial and release of many murder suspects and convicts, as well as render the criminal division of the High Court redundant.

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