Committe Reports Courts In Lakes State Misinterprating Customary Law In Cases News from Sudan Radio Service 9 June 2011—(Rumbek) —The Fact Finding Committee formed in Lakes State parliament has reported that the courts in the state are not acting in line with the customary law of the area.
The secretary of the committee, Honorable Shadrack Bol Machok said that in Yirol, the courts have misinterpreted the customary laws. [Shadrack Bol Machok]: “We have found out that the court is not working in conformity with the provisions of the customary Act 2010 of Lakes State. According to lakes sate customary law section 26 says that if someone attacks a group of people or a person and in the process of attacking, other people who are innocent he ends up being killed then by the people whom he intended to kill then his blood was not to be compensated. This is because he intended to die by trying to attack other people. But here the law was misinterpreted." Bol added that fines are being over charged as compared to its initial provision. [Shadrack Bol Machok]: “The fine that is their stipulated in the customary law like for example a fine of five thousand for a person convicted of murder, that one has been exaggerated by the special court of number one of Yirol. They instead collect a fine of ten thousand Sudanese pounds which is not in line with the provision of the customary law Act 2010 of lakes state. Again the collection of fines and cows that are being paid as blood compensation to the parents of the decease is not put as priority.” The Fact Finding Committee stressed that there is need to put professional judges to head cases in the courts in Lakes State. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
