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Uganda: No Death Penalty for LRA Chief Kony
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New Vision (Kampala)
10 May 2008
Posted to the web 12 May 2008
Milton Olupot
Kampala
IF found guilty of crimes against humanity, LRA leader Joseph Kony will not be sentenced to death. The death penalty is not an option in the Special Division of the High Court that will try Kony and other LRA rebels implicated in serious crimes and violations.
Barney Afako, a lawyer for the Juba peace talks secretariat, on Wednesday explained to religious, traditional, local leaders and MPs from the war-affected region that there is no death sentence upon conviction by the special court.
During a two-day meeting at Fairway Hotel in Kampala, Afako clarified that there shall be no provisional arrests pending investigations and charges will only be on the basis of investigation.
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After a charge has been preferred, under the current law, there is power to detain and to discharge. The LRA combatants will be tried by the Special Division, while the rest will undergo mato oput (traditional justice).
The meeting was organised by the Acholi justice and reconciliation project to educate Kony's emissaries so as to give him confidence that the Government has no ulterior motives in the peace process.
The team of emissaries returned to Juba, South Sudan, where they would join the chief mediator, Dr. Riek Machar, before proceeding to meet Kony in his Ri-Kwangba hide-out.
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