What are the objectives of sentencing a person by a court of law?

      

State the objectives of sentencing a person by a court of law.

  

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Maurice
(i) To secure the public from the offenders for period of time.

(ii) To satisfy the demand of the people through justice as the criminal pays for his or her crimes through imprisonment.

(iii) To deter criminals from committing crimes in future.

(iv) To reform the criminal through rehabilitation by counselling and corrective training.

(v) To deter others from committing similar crimes.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on May 23, 2017 at 11:07


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