Maputo — Mozambican Justice Minister Benvinda Levy has urged judges to reduce the number of people in the country's jails by sentencing people convicted of minor offences to penalties other than imprisonment.
Speaking to AIM on Friday, after a ceremony in which 31 newly trained judges and prosecutors were sworn into office, Levy pointed out that, for a variety of crimes, the Mozambican penal code allows courts to hand down punishments that are alternatives to jail sentences - but for years judges have neglected this possibility.
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