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Was the element of a fair trial present in the Theon Smith case?
DEAR EDITOR,
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle is one of those young professionals I admire, particularly in the manner in which she dispenses her duties — with great professionalism, without fear, and with a passion to see justice being served. However, her recent decision to jail 17-year-old Theon Smith for 61 years came as a surprise to me.
I have no problem with the magnitude of her sentence on him, since I am an ardent believer in punishing people for their crimes; but, from a layman’s point of view, I thought she should have exercised greater judgement by requesting that the state provides Mr. Smith with a counsel, given the nature of his crime and the implications of his confession.
This, to my mind, would have gone down well with the public that the element of a fair trail was present in Mr. Smith’s case.
Bevon Currie
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