A missing case file has left Misheck Chigona of Kanjelengo Village, T/A Zulu, Mchinji District, behind bars despite a Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal (MSCA) order quashing his conviction and directing a retrial. Chigona’s plight mirrors that of many others whose path to justice is blocked by lost records and administrative inertia. He was arrested in September 2008, convicted in August 2014 for the murder of a child, sentenced to death and held a…
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