Professor van Zyl Smit called as an expert witness

Last week, Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit was called as an expert witness for the appellant in a Canadian court case which sought to question the practice of imposing consecutive life sentences.

A brief account of the hearing and testimony can be found at http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/can-a-long-jail-sentence-become-too-long-murder-case-tests-prisoners-right-to-hope#__federated=1