Currently, magistrates’ sentencing powers are limited to just 12 years even if they handle a complex case which might deserve more than a 12 years sentence.
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Judges clamour for more magistrates’ powers

Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zwHIGH Court judges Justices Esther Muremba and Deputy Judge President Garainesu Mawadze have pleaded with Parliament to give regional magistrates...
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