Namibia: Supreme Court Alters Long Sentences

Three acting judges of appeal last week adjusted inordinately long sentences imposed on inmates convicted of gruesome murders, rapes and robberies.

The judges also antedated the sentences to the date of sentencing.

Judge Theo Frank, who wrote the judgement, with judges Hosea Angula and Rita Makarau agreeing, said the sentences were against the spirit of the Gaingob judgment, which declared sentences in excess of 37 and a half years as inhuman and degrading.

According to the judges, a person…