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Special Report Transcript Episode 71, Section 3, Time 09:35Amnesty hearings like that of Jeffrey Benzien dominate the Truth Commission process at the moment. The South African amnesty law is the most generous one ever offered to perpetrators of political crimes in the world. Receiving amnesty for a crime means that the person may never again be prosecuted criminally or civilly for that crime. Let’s take a look at the process. Notes: Max du Preez References select each tab to search for references TRC Final ReportVolume ONE • Chapter FIVE Concepts and Principles ■ INTRODUCTION National Unity and Reconciliation This Constitution provides a historic bridge between the past of a deeply divided society characterised by strife, conflict, untold suffering and injustice, and a future founded on the ... The Legal Basis of the Amnesty Process ■ INTRODUCTION 1 . The legal basis for the amnesty process of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (the Commission) is to be found in the legal instruments that emerged from the political negotiations that were initiated in 1990. The original ... |