Murder Trials in the Maldives from a Therapeutic Lens

Ghaniya Abdul Ghafoor; Haidar Dziyauddin; Nadzriah Ahmad

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI11.4165

Authors

Ghaniya Abdul Ghafoor Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor, Malaysia
Haidar Dziyauddin Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor, Malaysia
Nadzriah Ahmad Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI11.4165

Keywords:

Criminal Procedure, Sharia Law, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Capital Trial

Abstract

Section 92 of the Maldives Penal Code (9/2014) reserves the capital penalty for the most serious homicides, and the law tries to reduce the imposition of capital punishment by rigidifying the procedural requirement. However, the case law demonstrates the opposite effect. This article seeks to advance therapeutic values of procedures and promote less severe punishments in murder cases by utilising knowledge from therapeutic jurisprudence and sharia. To validate the research claim, three randomly selected cases were examined. According to the findings, current court practises in murder cases do not promote therapeutic values or result in less severe punishment.

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