Commentaries by Edgar Odongo Ochieng

The Death Penalty in Kenya: A Bleak Future?

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The Death Penalty in Kenya: A Bleak Future?

Edgar Odongo Ochieng

September 20, 2021 12:31:22 am

There has been concerted global lobbying for the abolition of capital punishment. This is evidenced by, among other things, the passage of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty and a similar move being made by other regional entities such as [...]

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