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The changing face of life imprisonment in South Africa
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)
This article investigates the meaning and use of life imprisonment in South Africa in four major legal historical eras: life imprisonment at the time when the death penalty was still lawful in South Africa (including life ...
The prospect of rehabilitation as a ‘substantial and compelling’ circumstance to avoid imposing life imprisonment in South Africa: A comment on S v Nkomo
(Juta Law, 2008)
When the death penalty was declared unconstitutional in South Africa,
the government enacted the Criminal Law Amendment Act in 1997 which,
amongst other things, stipulated that a person convicted of some of the
scheduled ...
Life imprisonment in South Africa: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
(Juta Law, 2009)
Life imprisonment has been part of South Africa's penal regime for decades. This article analyses how this form of punishment has changed in meaning in since 1906. The author looks at life imprisonment during the death ...