KZN: Father on the run after four children found “hanged” at home

[ponder]

How many is 'lots of' again?

1 is one too many.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Not sure, there was a study a while back that estimated that 4% of current death row inmates where likely to be innocent.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/28/death-penalty-study-4-percent-defendants-innocent

Then you have another issue altogether.

 

[Willie Trombone]

1 is one too many.

One incarcerated innocent is one too many. Ban incarceration?

 

[ponder]

One incarcerated innocent is one too many. Ban incarceration?

Think about it for a second.

 

[SAguy]

Any idea of the total number of people on death row? Not now, relative to the 144...

What we should look at is in the SA context: how many people serving life sentences for violent crimes have later been proved innocent?

 

[R13...]

He's been handed for life terms and still has a pending rape case.

 

[Milano]

Govt welcomes life sentences for Durban dad Sibusiso Mpungose who killed his 4 kids | News24

The government welcomed the four life sentences imposed on the 44-year-old Durban father who killed his four children.

m.news24.com