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Criminal law RPAA 0149/12/CS

PROSECUTOR v. NDAGIJIMANA

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
RPAA 0149/12/CS

The Supreme Court upheld Ndagijimana’s conviction for child defilement, relying on his pre-trial admissions and corroborating evidence, but reduced the sentence to 20 years.

  • Child defilement
  • Rape
  • Evidence assessment
  • Confession retraction
  • Mitigating circumstances
  • Penalty reduction
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Criminal law RLR V.1-2017

PROSECUTION v. MUKASHEMA ET AL_231282_en

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
RPA0176/11/CS

The Supreme Court upheld convictions for complicity in murder, holding that a retracted confession may still be assessed for sincerity and that cruelty barred penalty reduction.

  • Guilty plea
  • Confession retraction
  • Mitigating circumstances
  • Complicity in murder
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Penalty reduction
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