South Africa’s (SA) Legal Commentator Advocate Bayethe Maswazi says the court must not be influenced by public pressure, but should instead focus strictly on the facts, the evidence before it, and a proper interpretation of the law.
SA’s opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema is expected to learn his fate today when the Regional Court in KuGompo City in the Eastern Cape delivers sentence in his firearm case.
During sentencing proceedings on Wednesday, the State argued for a maximum sentence, while the defence urged the court to impose a non-custodial sentence.Legal Commentator Advocate Bayethe Maswazi: “There is a saying law that the justice must be done, though the heavens fall, in our situation here, it means the court does not have to listen to the noise outside. It must concentrate on the fact that it considers the evidence that has been placed before it and accurately interpret the law as it should be.”
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