![]() ![]() The latter consisted of questions regarding general information such as age, race group, gender, and length of sentence. 392 men and 75 women were interviewed before completing their questionnaires. 467 convicted murderers in 18 prisons (urban and rural) in all 9 provinces of our country, located by the South African Department of Correctional Services (DCS), completed a questionnaire, approved by this department. ![]() The reason? There were so many South Africans who believed that the number of murders in our country would drastically decrease if the death penalty were reinstated. The content of this study, gathered from 467 convicted murderers, and several other core aspects of why the reinstatement of the death penalty particularly in South Africa, should not be an option, will be discussed with reference to supporting international and authoritative research.įrom 2009 to 2013 I did research on the death penalty among convicted murderers in South African prisons 1. Between 20 I did research on the death penalty in South African prisons (the first of its kind as far as we could determine), in all 9 our country’s provinces. The death penalty as such will always be contentious because it is about the reasoned termination of someone’s life – which is a radical act. In the media, in particular, it gets a lot of attention and in view of the extent of violent crime in our country, the reinstatement of the death penalty is again supported by many. At present, due to numerous daily murders, especially farm murders, this issue is being debated once again seriously – by ordinary citizens, politicians, theologians, and others. In South Africa, the death penalty has been repealed just after the arrival of democracy in 1994. ![]()
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