Why some femicide convicts receive lengthy prison terms Recent judgments reveal how aggravating factors, remorse and victim impact statements influence sentencing. Gender Just now
” Remorse In Makueni, on June 9, 2025, the High Court sentenced a man to 30 years' imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 21-year-old woman.
Despite the mitigation, the court found that the seriousness of raping and murdering the 21-year-old woman warranted a custodial sentence and ordered that the offender serve 30 years' imprisonment.
In a judgment delivered on April 12, 2024, the High Court sentenced the three accused – including the man she had once called her husband, a woman and another man – to 30 years' imprisonment each for her murder.
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