Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses...

Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses against the State and crimes against humanity. The country's judiciary was decimated during the civil war and genocide. Judges were either killed or fled abroad and Rwanda is still attempting to rebuild a judicial system. Many of those implicated in the genocide are either living abroad or preparing to stand trial before the international tribunal set up by the UN in Tanzania, which will not impose any death penalties.