Kenya's Court of Appeal has offered a fresh perspective on young offender sentencing, invoking neuroscience to justify a more lenient approach . Rodgers Simiyu Masinde, initially sentenced to 15 years for defilement, saw his term reduced after judges considered the role of 'hot cognition' in his actions . The court referenced the work of Robert Paul Abelson, who introduced the idea that human thinking is swayed by either an emotional state