Pickering, J. 2008. Antoinette Saayman vs. The State. Case No:CA&R 82/2007. High Court of South Africa. (Eastern Cape Division).

In January 2008, a ruling from the High Court of South Africa (Eastern Cape Division) set aside a lower court ruling requiring a defendant convicted of six counts of fraud to publicly wear a placard announcing her guilt and asking her victims for forgiveness. In setting aside this one aspect of the sentence, the High Court referenced both the unconstitutionality of the sanction and its departure from the principles of restorative justice.

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