Opinion

Botched bail decisions can be curbed

19 January 2020 - 00:00 By EDWIN CAMERON

The worst nightmare for a judge or magistrate managing a court where criminal accused appear is that an accused not yet found guilty is granted bail and set free, only to go out and commit another, perhaps more heinous, crime...

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