Barnard v Minister of Justice: the minister’s verdict - Deciding on parole for offenders serving life sentences

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dc.contributor.authorNanima, Robert Doya
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-13T13:10:49Z
dc.date.available2017-04-13T13:10:49Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractParole for offenders serving life sentences has ignited questions in media reports and political circles. This complexity becomes a touchy issue when it leaves more questions than answers after the grant or decline to place offenders on parole. This article evaluates the discretion of the minister to decline to grant parole under section 78(2) of the Correctional Services Act 25 of 2008 (CSA). This contribution argues that a minister’s discretion to refuse parole needs to be re- examined in the wake of the decision in Barnard v Minister of Justice, Constitutional Development & Correctional Services and another with regard to its content and context. The paper examines the drafting history to section 78(2) of the Correctional Services Act; evaluates the bounds of the Ministerial powers, and examines its recent application in Barnard. The final step involves recommending a working framework that may reconcile the position.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHET
dc.identifier.citationNanima, R. D. (2017). Barnard v Minister of Justice: the minister’s verdict - Deciding on parole for offenders serving life sentences. South African Criminal Quarterly, 59(1): 19- 26en_US
dc.identifier.issn2413-3108
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2734
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2017/v0n59a1406
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherInstitute for Security Studiesen_US
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectAdministrative decisionsen_US
dc.subjectBarnard
dc.subjectContent and context
dc.subjectCriminal justice
dc.subjectDiscretion to refuse
dc.subjectLife sentences
dc.subjectMinister
dc.subjectNational council
dc.subjectParole
dc.subjectParole board
dc.titleBarnard v Minister of Justice: the minister’s verdict - Deciding on parole for offenders serving life sentencesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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