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December 11, 2020 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 2 Comments Malawi courts will soon have uniform sentencing of sexual violence perpetrators to ensure that the convicts in sex crimes get stiff punishment, Minister of Justice Titus Mvalo has said. Vice-President Chilima with Minister of Justice Titus Mvalo: There should be stiffer penalties on sex offenders Speaking during the International Human Rights Day today in Rumphi Mvalo said he will be taking to Parliament an amendment to the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code on uniformity in sentencing cases relating to sexual violence. He said ...

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He's been a lawyer for a long time. i don't think he ever -- i find it hard to believe that he was paying attention in law class. of course he doesn't know the evidence code, which he proved earlier this month. and now he's saying i've been a lawyer a long time. when somebody changes their testimony, they become suspicious. actually, everybody's been saying it publicly. he chose to tell the truth in sworn testimony because he didn't sign up to go to jail. and lindsey knows that. and, willie, i just wonder how low these people are going to go. how much they're going to degrade themselves. we're...

There were letters, there were comments that he made. why -- what is the hesitation there? >> i don't understand it because relevance is the key thing that you have in the evidence code. that's the first line that you have to get through in order to have evidence admissible in court. and the racist comments from this defendant are extremely relevant. they go to count one, premeditation. they go to a lesser included second degree murder. so i don't understand why they're afraid to just attack that issue and just bring it out there right in front instead of having it the pink elephant in the roo...

George zimmerman shot him. >> can we also -- they released two photos of george zimmerman in a cap and gown during his graduation ceremony. why were these two photos included? >> those photographs, again, are going to be objected to strenuously by the state. they are not relevant. you have to meet the basic test of relevance. here's the shocking factor, reverend. even though the defense is claiming defense and can bring in character evidence in the form of reputation testimony, the prosecution cannot bring in reputation evidence on the part of mr. zimmerman. the prosecution's hands are tied un...