The court sentenced Mandela to five years for incitement and leaving South Africa without a passport. These were the state’s charges and legal framing; the prosecution targeted his role in political protest and international organizing. The sentence began at Pretoria Local Prison, before later transfers to Robben Island and back to Pretoria as the Rivonia case developed.
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What sentence did Mandela receive in November 1962?
Mandela received a life sentence in the 1962 passport case.
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He received five years; life imprisonment came after the Rivonia Trial in 1964.