Principle

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – Fundamental Right to Life – Death Penalty Is Constitutionally Valid

Area of law
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Court
Supreme Court

The death penalty is constitutional. Sections 30(1) and 31(1)(a) of the 1979 Constitution expressly sanction it. The principle applies to capital offences. The court will not declare the death penalty unconstitutional. The rule has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. The method of execution prescribed…

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