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No minimum sentences for sex offenders and armed robbers

Convicts Wilson Thirimbu Mwangi (L) and Francis Karoki Muruatetu Thirimbu led out of Supreme Court on Thursday, December 14, 2017 [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Rapists, paedophiles and armed robbers have no recourse for automatic minimum sentences upon conviction, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Courts can only impose minimum sentence prescribed by the law if the criminal upon conviction, challenges the sentence and convinces the judge that the sentence is unconstitutional.

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