Main Issue: Murder and life imprisonment on youthful offender/ applicability of minimum sentencing to juveniles
Children in conflict with the law (legal representation or assistance, fair trial)
Main Issue: Sentencing of minor
Main Issue: Young offenders and sentencing
Main Issue: Fair trial/representation
Main Issue: Juvenile offender (14) and sentencing for assault
Main Issue: Minimum sentence and accused charged with housebreaking with intent to rape and rape
Main Issue: Kidnapping and Rape/competence of complainant as a witness
Main Issue: Housebreaking with intent to steal and sentencing of juvenile offenders (aged 16, 17, 13)
Main Issue: House breaking/sentence
Main Issue: Accused sentenced to R800 or 6 months imprisonment in default but the Court held that in the absence of facilities in the Transkei for suitably punishing a child, entire sentence should be suspended to avoid accused going to prison.
Main Issue: House breaking and theft by young offenders/sentence/ the existence of mitigating grounds for youth offenders
S v Williams and Others 1995 (2) SACR 251 (CC)
Main Issue: Imposition of life sentence on juveniles and mandatory
Main Issue: Sentencing and mitigating factors