The 1st Defendant is a family man. He has a wife and three children. At the point of arrest, the wife put to bed. The 2nd Defendant just passed out of Secondary School. He is a young man. If he is sent to prison, he would be alienated but to serve as a deterrent. While sentencing the Defendants, I urge the Court to give them an option of fine. Prosecution: The convicts are first time offenders. I urge the court to tamper justice with mercy. Court: I have listened to the Defence. The Prosecution says the Defendants are first time offenders. That there is no record of previous conviction. She supports the Defendants’ Counsel’s submission that the court be lenient with the Defendants. The 1st and 2nd Defendants are first offenders. To err is human but to forgive is divine. The 2nd Defendant is a young man. Incarcerating him will not do him and society any good. The prisons are also congested in the midst of the economic crunch. Sending him to prison will overburden the State and deplete the already scarce resources of the prison. It would further worsen the condition of the Defendants and the society. However, sinners shall never go unpunished. I shall tamper justice with mercy. The 1st and 2nd Defendants are sentenced as follows: 1st Defendant: 1st Count – N200,000:00 fine. 3rd Count – N100,000:00 fine. 4th Count – N200,000:00 fine. 2nd Defendant: 1st Count – N200,000:00 fine. 3rd Count – N100,000:00 fine. 4th Count – N200,000:00 fine 16