Court: | High Court of Zambia |
Facts: | A guy stole some livestock, and he's going to get 7-15 years and 10 strokes of the cane. |
Posture: | Unknown. |
Issue: | Petty theft precipitates unreasonably harsh penalty |
Holding: | Penalty is to be imposed, because that's what the law says |
Rule: | Courts can't override the legislature with their views |
Reasoning: | None-- edited down to bare minimum |
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