Plea bargain injustice: Controversial judgment deepens agony of family of murdered female lawyer as court sentences killer to 28 years (2) - Punch Newspapers

Plea bargain, abuse of process – Lawyers, rights activists

Akingbolu maintained that the position of the law was very clear in a case of murder, noting that maximum punishment, which is death sentence, should apply. He said, “Cases can be prosecuted for 10 to 15 years and at the end of the day, judgment will be passed, but lots of human resources would have been expended. Plea bargain is aimed at reducing the human capital or resources that would be spent on a case at a time.

Akingbolu stated, “I think why plea bargain is coming into our system is because the prisons are congested. Presently, based on statistics given by the Ministry of Interior, 3,008 inmates are on death row, awaiting execution. Before the right to kill them can crystallise, state governors must sign their death warrants. However, no sitting governor wants to sign. Though some human right activists have argued that you can’t take the life you didn’t give. But our law recognises it.

“There is no way we would not have informed the family. I don’t know who got across to you, but there are some names in the files and I am sure one of those names must have been informed. We can’t do anything without informing families of those involved,” she added.

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