The constitutionality of death penalty: Need to amend the law (2), by Afe Babalola
“Nelson Mandela would have been hanged in 1964 but for the discretionary power of the judge to substitute imprisonment”. LAST week, I began a discussion on proprietary of Nigeria’s retention of the death penalty. I concluded last week’s piece with the examination of the argument that the death penalty deters criminals. My view, as stated last […]
LEDAP tasks govt on abolition of death penalty
As the world marks the World Day Against the use of the Death Penalty with the theme Poverty and the death penalty, a rights group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has reaffirmed its position that the abolition of death penalty in law and practice should be the firm desire of the Nigerian government as death penalty was cruel and inhumane treatment, which has no place in modern society.
