#KnowYour27Rights #3 Section 11 LIFE! “The right to life, and with it, the abolition of the death penalty. . .”

by | Mar 24, 2016 | General, Know Your Human Rights | 0 comments

The right to life, and with it, the abolition of the death penalty is a controversial right. While many people in South Africa may have preferred to see the practice of hanging serious offenders continued, the Constitutional Court ruled that this is a cruel and unusual punishment for crime.

According to academic research the death penalty does little to deter serious criminals, but rather brutalises society instead.

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