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Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Mewilec talks about the death penalty and illustrates why it should never be reinstated.
Resources
4c. Hammurabi's Code: An Eye for an Eye: https://www.ushistory.org/civ/4c.asp
95 PERCENT OF DEATH SENTENCEES WERE BLACK: MCBRIDE: https://www.justice.gov.za/trc/media/1997/9707/s970722b.htm
Alexander, Jocelyn & Kynoch, Gary. (2011). Introduction: Histories and Legacies of Punishment in Southern Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies - J S AFR STUD. 37. 395-413. 10.1080/03057070.2011.602880.
Andrew Novak (2018) Capital punishment in precolonial Africa: the authenticity challenge, The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 50:1, 71-93, DOI: 10.1080/07329113.2017.1422586
Andrew Novak. Executions and State Power during the Colonial Period: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137438775_3
Early History of the Death Penalty: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/history-of-the-death-penalty/early-history-of-the-death-penalty
Hatchard, J. (1994). Capital Punishment in Southern Africa: Some Recent Developments. The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 43(4), 923–934. http://www.jstor.org/stable/761009
History of the Death Penalty: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/history-of-the-death-penalty/
History of Death Penalty Laws: https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-procedure/history-of-death-penalty-laws.html
Jolandi le Roux. Impact of the Death Penalty on Criminality.
Nhlapo, Thandabantu. (2017). Homicide in traditional African societies: Customary law and the question of accountability. African Human Rights Law Journal, 17(1), 1-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2017/v17n1a1
Novak, Andrew. The Death Penalty in Africa: Foundations and Future Prospects. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. doi: 10.1057/9781137438775.0005
Political executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 – 1989: https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/political-executions-south-africa-apartheid-government-1961-1989
Robert Turrell, White Mercy. A Study of the Death Penalty in South Africa, Westport, Praeger, 2004, 281 pp., ISBN 0 325 07132 2(Summary accessed on: https://journals.openedition.org/chs/312)
Youth on death row: https://www.saha.org.za/youth/political_prisoners.htm
Resources
4c. Hammurabi's Code: An Eye for an Eye: https://www.ushistory.org/civ/4c.asp
95 PERCENT OF DEATH SENTENCEES WERE BLACK: MCBRIDE: https://www.justice.gov.za/trc/media/1997/9707/s970722b.htm
Alexander, Jocelyn & Kynoch, Gary. (2011). Introduction: Histories and Legacies of Punishment in Southern Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies - J S AFR STUD. 37. 395-413. 10.1080/03057070.2011.602880.
Andrew Novak (2018) Capital punishment in precolonial Africa: the authenticity challenge, The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 50:1, 71-93, DOI: 10.1080/07329113.2017.1422586
Andrew Novak. Executions and State Power during the Colonial Period: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137438775_3
Early History of the Death Penalty: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/history-of-the-death-penalty/early-history-of-the-death-penalty
Hatchard, J. (1994). Capital Punishment in Southern Africa: Some Recent Developments. The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 43(4), 923–934. http://www.jstor.org/stable/761009
History of the Death Penalty: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/history-of-the-death-penalty/
History of Death Penalty Laws: https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-procedure/history-of-death-penalty-laws.html
Jolandi le Roux. Impact of the Death Penalty on Criminality.
Nhlapo, Thandabantu. (2017). Homicide in traditional African societies: Customary law and the question of accountability. African Human Rights Law Journal, 17(1), 1-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2017/v17n1a1
Novak, Andrew. The Death Penalty in Africa: Foundations and Future Prospects. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. doi: 10.1057/9781137438775.0005
Political executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 – 1989: https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/political-executions-south-africa-apartheid-government-1961-1989
Robert Turrell, White Mercy. A Study of the Death Penalty in South Africa, Westport, Praeger, 2004, 281 pp., ISBN 0 325 07132 2(Summary accessed on: https://journals.openedition.org/chs/312)
Youth on death row: https://www.saha.org.za/youth/political_prisoners.htm
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