Avoid emotional sentencing, judge tells magistrates

Reading Time: 4 minutes High Court Judge Justice Maxine LaNgwenya has urged magistrates to avoid basing sentences on emotions, personal feelings or background. Making her submissions during the Magistrates’ Dialogue on the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act held at the Bethel Court over the past weekend, Judge LaNgwenya stressed the need for magistrates to remain impartial when making […]