Factors Considered By Justice Nzioka Before Sentencing Jowie Irungu To Death

Justice Grace Nzioka has sentences Joseph Irungu well known as Jowie to death over the murder of business woman Monica Kimani.

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Justice Nzioka finally sentenced Jowie after postponing few days ago due to delay of submissions from the victim’s family, the prosecution and and the accused.
While sentences on murder culprits is determined by the law, the correct sentence is determined by the magistrates and the judges

Minimum sentence interventions is where crimes carry a predetermined sentence which is imposed on the culprit upon conviction regardless of circumstances surrounding the individual.
While principal of equality before the law allows the judge to deliver just and fair legal system. This principal states that all individuals irrespective of their background, social status, wealth, gender, race they should be treated equally.

The principal of proportionality, it is fundamental as it dictated the severity of the crime and the punishment of the crime. Which means the punishment imposed should not be too harsh or too lenient as they should be proportional.
The principal of cost effectiveness puts into account the financial and resource implications of the different sentences in the criminals justice system.