SOUTH AFRICA. POLL REVEALS MAJORITY OF SOUTH AFRICANS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY

many adults in South Africa believe capital punishment should be implemented again, according to a poll by Research Surveys. 72 per cent of respondents believed the government should bring back the death penalty, 23 per cent disagreed and 5 per cent didn’t know. South Africa abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997. South Africa’s crime rate is considered one of the highest in the world. The number of murders committed each year in the country is as high as 74,000, according to Interpol statistics.