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Many are in favor of the gacaca system, hoping it will deliver more lenient sentences. Judges may hand down a maximum sentence of life in prison, but may not issue the death penalty...
...briefing in the prison's outer section, Siwa explains the rules to a motley media circus. "Remember, this is a maximum security prison," he says. "Leave your mobile phones, bags and wallets in the lockers provided. Interviews with prisoners are forbidden except with my permission. You will be body searched." He smiles. "And if anything goes wrong, I hope you can run fast." After the promised pat-down and a trip through a metal detector under the scrutiny of granite-jawed guards clutching M-16s and big wooden sticks, the reporters are ushered through two sets of tall steel gates...
...District Court, judges can impose no more than two and a half years per count. In Superior Court, the two counts—trafficking in marijuana and conspiracy to violate drug laws—each carry a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 15 years...
Lewis announces that the maximum size of blocking groups will be halved from the current cap of 16 to eight, starting with the Class of 2003. Lewis stands by his decision even after first-years present him with a petition, signed by nearly half the class...
...Riverside Study Committee came up with tentative recommendations for the site that would cut the maximum height to 24 feet...