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Nigeria: In Defence of Death Penalty

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

From the Daily Trust of Abuja, Nigeria, comes this excellent piece by Adamu Adamu with the above title. Adamu addresses many of the same topics that are debated in the United States: deterrence, retribution, and especially the "we have to abolish because Europe has" argument. Adamu's last paragraph is precious: If some members of the House of Representatives are still reeling from a colonial hangover, the right thing for them to do is to take a dose of cultural Alka-Seltzer and wake up, and stop seeking to impose on this society a law that is so patently insupportable. No, sirs, this will never wash: confirmed willful killers in this land must just be cut down, irrespective of what they do to them in Europe.

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on June 13, 2008 (boomark / email).