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August 12, 2026
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Court dismiss a bid to abolish sentences beyond 67 years
The High Court has rejected a bid to cap all jail sentences at 67 years, the normal life expectancy for Kenyans...
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The High Court has dismissed a bid by a death row convict to cap all jail sentences at 67 years, the national life expectancy.
- The petition was filed by James Mwinga Gathuri, who argued that sentences exceeding life expectancy constitute degrading and inhuman punishment.
- Justice Roselyne Aburili ruled that Gathuri had already benefited from a sentence reduction and could not seek further redress on the same matter.
- Gathuri was initially sentenced to death on June 3, 2014, for killing his two young children.
- His sentence was later reduced to 40 years following a Supreme Court ruling on mandatory death sentences.
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