Cabinet wants court-ordered community service
• Petty crime offenders could avoid jail
Human rights lawyer Norman Tjombe said community service orders for petty offences will aid the country's "failing criminal justice system".
Cabinet has directed the justice ministry to devise a law that empowers courts to impose community service sentences on perpetrators charged with petty crimes, a move which could d...
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