Zambia: Should Death Penalty Be Abolished?

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"Punishment is the way society expresses its denunciation of wrong doing and in order to maintain respect for the law, it is essential that the punishment inflicted for grave crimes should adequately reflect the revulsion felt by the great majority of citizens for them." - Lord Denning.

Though more than five decades have elapsed since Alfred Thompson "Tom" Denning made the above statement, the words still have a particular relevance concerning the debate on whether to abolish or retain capital punishment

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