PAUL HOFFMAN: The Waluś conundrum needs light, not heat
If equality before the law means anything, it means that he must be treated like any other prisoner who has served out a life sentence
A great deal of angry heat, and not enough soothing light, has been generated by the decision of the Constitutional Court to release Janusz Waluś, who was convicted for the politically motivated murder of Chris Hani, a leading communist, shortly before the dawn of the new SA.
The decision is sound in law and it is the unanimous finding of the highest court in the land. It is not appealable, so it follows that it is futile to protest and rail against the decision. A possible change in the law is all that beckons those who are unhappy with the decision. If a change is made it will not have retrospective effect, but it may be of use to those who feel cold-blooded politically motivated murderers, even those who are first offenders, should not have the benefit of the parole system...
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