CoA confirms legality of death penalty
Friday, April 24, 2015

Justice Motswagole
The bench of five judges, Ian Kirby, John Foxcroft, Alistair Abernethy, Elijah Legwaila, and Isaac Lesetedi said Justice Motswagole had misdirected himself through his findings that Section 203 of the Penal Code was unconstitutional.
The striking of the Section of 203 of which the death penalty is enshrined in had caused confusion whether the death penalty was abolished or not.
According to a press statement from the police, unidentified armed men attacked on duty police officers at the station in the early hours of Tuesday.During the attack, the suspects stole 14 riffles, five pistols and an undisclosed number of ammunition.Although unconfirmed, it is alleged that the suspects were just carrying knives and axes, which they used to scare the men and women in uniform before they took them hostage to help themselves to...