WOODS & ORS v MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS & ORS 1993 (2) ZLR 443 (S)
Citation | 1993 (2) ZLR 443 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Gubbay CJ, McNally JA, Korsah JA, Ebrahim JA & Muchechetere JA |
Heard | 22 November 1993 |
Judgment | 10 December 1993 |
Counsel | J S Sayce for the applicants |
Case Type | Application in terms of s 24(1) of Constitution |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Constitution — prolonged delay in carrying out death sentence — whether the carrying out of sentence after prolonged delay would violate s 15(1) of the Constitution — whether right of applicants to obtain relief had been extinguished by amendment of s 15(1) by Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 13) Act — failure to assert constitutional rights — failure due to lack of awareness of right — effect
Human rights — inordinate delay in carrying out death penalty — whether will lead to substitution of sentence of life imprisonment
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