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It better to have more than one judge passing judgement on capital cases rather than one. It also means that there is a challenge of getting a unanimous decision. So it the majority decision that prevails.
Here the timeline for the key events to show what transpired thru the judicial process
2010 - Convicted and sentences to hang
2011 - Appeal heard by Court of Appeal and dismissed
2013 - Penal Code amended and re-sentecned to life imprisonment. Prosecution appeals
2015 - Appeal heard and allowed. re-sentenced to be hanged
In essence the court of appeal sat twice in 2011 and 2015 and reaffirmed the sentence.
If the law is changed and the sentenced is reduced to life imprisonment, there is no basis for the appeal. Totally baloney reasoning by you.