Indefinite imprisonment in South Africa: The difference between life and indefinite imprisonment

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dc.contributor.authorAfrica Criminal Justice Reform
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T13:36:17Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T13:36:17Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractIn May 2018, Pieter Van Tonder was sentenced to indefinite imprisonment in the Cape High Court. Van Tonder brutally assaulted and murdered the 16-month old baby of his ex-girlfriend. This case happened shortly after the Grahamstown High Court sentenced Lonwabo Solontsi, dubbed in the media as ‘South Africa's worst serial rapist’ to indefinite imprisonment after being convicted of 39 counts of rape and 28 other serious crimes. In both cases, the accused committed extremely serious offences. However, the imposition of indefinite imprisonment is not commonly heard of. This prompted the question: What is the difference between life imprisonment and indefinite imprisonment? This factsheet seeks to address these differences and also defines the concepts of being declared a dangerous versus a habitual criminal in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAfrica Criminal Justice Reform.(2018). 'Indefinite imprisonment in South Africa The difference between life and indefinite imprisonment '. Dullah Omar Institute: University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5113
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDullah Omar Instituteen_US
dc.subjectIndefinite imprisonmenten_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectLife imprisonmenten_US
dc.subjectPrison sentenceen_US
dc.titleIndefinite imprisonment in South Africa: The difference between life and indefinite imprisonmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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