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Why the Supreme Court overturned a 30-year life sentence

Supreme Court building. [File, Standard]

The Supreme Court has pointed out a grave inaction by Parliament on a law meant to give prisoners jailed for life a second chance in life.

At the same time, the apex court reversed a landmark declaration by the Court of Appeal that  a life sentence should be 30 years in two separate cases involving Evans Nyamari Ayako and Julius Kitsao Manyeso.

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