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The Court of Appeal recharacterized the offence as infanticide, held the High Court should have considered the appeal ground, and reduced the sentence to 15 years.
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The Court of Appeal found that Mukangeneye Seraphine's mental state at the time of the offence met the criteria for infanticide under Article 108, not intentional homicide, due to psychological distress and lack of support. Her admission of guilt and being a first-time offender justified further mitigation, reducing the sentence to three years' imprisonment.
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The Court of Appeal established that mitigating circumstances can justify reducing sentences below statutory minimums, clarified the distinction between murder and assault causing death, set evidentiary standards for group crime and infanticide, and confirmed the burden of proof in illicit enrichment. The court also affirmed the correction of clerical errors, the limited effect of late admissions of guilt, the need for corroboration of child testimony, and the retroactive application of interpretive ministerial orders.
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The Court of Appeal reclassified the offence from attempted murder to attempted infanticide, and reduced Akayezu Claudine’s sentence to three years.
The Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to Article 108 on infanticide, holding it was not discriminatory and did not violate fair trial rights.
The Supreme Court acquitted Dusabimana Jeannette of infanticide, finding the prosecution’s evidence insufficient and the confessions uncorroborated.
The Supreme Court reduced Ntibajyinama Esther’s life sentence for infanticide to 10 years, citing mitigating circumstances, a sincere guilty plea, and lack of counsel.
The Supreme Court reduced Ntibajyinama Esther’s infanticide sentence from life imprisonment to 10 years, citing mitigating circumstances and lack of counsel.
The Supreme Court reduced an infanticide sentence from life imprisonment to 10 years, citing full admission of guilt, distress, hardship, and lack of counsel.
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