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Chris Hani’s killer denied parole, again
Justice minister says granting parole would negate the severity ascribed to the murder by the court when the assassin was sentenced
Death penalty won’t stop sexual violence
It will take the end of patriarchy and an efficient justice system to jail more offenders
MPs must kill the anti-gay Bill in Uganda
Proposed legislation imposes the death penalty for gay sex or ‘recruitment’. But love is not a crime
The death penalty won’t end gender-based violence
Our solutions to the epidemic of men murdering and raping women cannot be grounded in the same hyper-masculine violence they serve to address
Hanged by the state but icons to the youth
Chidhumo was Zim’s most notorious felon, so why has popular culture lionised him?
Mourners’ emotional vigil for victims of US synagogue attack
The assault on the 150-year-old congregation was the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent US history
Botswana hangs on to the death penalty
Most of Africa is abandoning the death penalty but Botswana — an affluent, landlocked, diamond-exporting state — is among the leading exceptions
Mob justice: ‘Yes, I would join in to protect my community’
The Daily Vox asked Jo'burgers what their thoughts are on vigilantism and whether the death penalty should be brought back
Africa must move away from the death penalty
Sudden surge in death sentences in Nigeria raises concern as unsafe convictions are common.
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