Tag: correctional services


trial
Right of accused to choose where trial is held

The applicant in Davids v S [2022] 4 All SA 67 (WCC) sought an order that the criminal proceedings against him and his co-accused be heard at the Western Cape Division of the High Court rather than at the circuit court at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. The applicant’s…
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Medical Parole
Release of prisoner on medical parole

In Democratic Alliance v National Commissioner of Correctional Services and Others [2022] 2 All SA 134 (GP), urgent applications were brought by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) for a declaration of unlawfulness against the …
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