Don't punish him': Sharon's mother pleads with court to spare Obado
Melinda Auma made the emotional appeal as she addressed Justice Cecilia Githua during the mitigation and sentencing hearing following Obados conviction for the murder of her daughter.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has urged the High Court in Nairobi to impose the death sentence on former Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado and his two co-convicts, Michael Juma Oyamo and Caspal Obiero, for the murder of university student Sharon Otieno and her unborn child. The prosecution argued that the gravity of the offence and the individual culpability of each of the three convicted persons should be taken into consideration when determining the sentence.
Despite Sharon's parents requesting a non-custodial sentence, the DPP opposed such a punishment, emphasizing the need for accountability, proportionality, deterrence, and denunciation in the sentencing process. The sentencing is expected to take place on November 27.
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