Court to rule on life prisoners' parole via SABCNewsOnline
Phaahla, was convicted on September 25, 2004 but was sentenced on October 5, 2004, four days after the new parole regime took effect.
Phaahla who was convicted 14 years ago to life imprisonment wants confirmation of declaration of constitutional invalidity made by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to be declared unconstitutional. The High Court held that these provisions amounted to an infringement of the right to equality in section 9 of the Constitution.
Under the law, anyone sentenced to life imprisonment before October 1, 2004 would be eligible for parole after serving 20 years of their sentence in prison in accordance with the old parole regime; and anyone sentenced to life imprisonment after 1 October 2004 would only be eligible for parole after serving 25 years of their sentence.
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