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10 February 2012
   
 
 
Article by: Creamer Media Reporter
 
 
 
 
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Albutt v Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and Others - 104 KB
 

This case concerns the power of the President to grant pardon under section 84(2)(j) of the Constitution to people who claim that they were convicted of offences which they committed with a political motive. Section 84(2)(j) provides that the President is responsible for "pardoning or reprieving offenders . . .". The question we are asked to decide is whether the President is required, prior to the exercise of the power to grant pardon to this group of convicted prisoners, to afford the victims of these offences a hearing. This case arises out of an application for leave to appeal directly to this Court and an application for direct access brought to this Court by the applicant, Mr Albutt.

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