00m?s II. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. lt emerges from the Application that the First Applicant, Shukrani Masegenya Mango, was charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court at Mwanza. On 7 May 2004 he was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of thirty (30) years imprisonment. The Seventh Applicant, Samwel M Mtakibidya, was also charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court of Handeni, Tanga. He was convicted and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment on 5 August 2002. 4. The Second Applicant, Ally Hussein Mwinyi, was charged with the offence of murder before the High Court, Dar es Salaam. He was convicted and sentenced to death on 15 February 1989. On 21 September 2005 his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The Third Applicant, Juma Zuberi Abasi, was charged with the offence of murder before the High Court, Dar es Salaam and on 27 July 1983 he was convicted and sentenced to death. On 14 February 2012 his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. 5. The Fourth Applicant, Julius Joshua Masanja, was charged with the offence of murder before the High Court, Dodoma. On 11 August 1989 he was convicted and sentenced to death. On 13 February 2002 his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The Fifth Applicant, Michael Jairos, was charged with the offence of murder before the High Court, Morogoro. On 25 May 1999 he was convicted and sentenced to death. On 12 February 2006 his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The Sixth Applicanl, Azizi Athuman Buyogela, was charged with the offence of murder before the High Court, Kigoma. ln 1994 he was convicted and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on 28 July 2005 3 .+*-( \