Groenewald, who remains adamant that criminals must still account for their crimes, said his calls for the death penalty were through frustration at how criminals were roaming the streets with impunity.
CAPE TOWN - The country's new prisons boss, Pieter Groenewald, may have called for the death penalty, but he does acknowledge that the Constitution prohibits capital punishment.
The Freedom Front Plus leader was responding to questions about his calls to bring back the death penalty that's he made over the years. He said his calls for the death penalty were through frustration at how criminals in the country were roaming the streets with impunity. “I said many times the problem with crime in South Africa and the fact that its impunity people get away with crime. Therefore, if we look at capital punishment, the Constitution prohibits it, so we will have to find other ways to ensure there is accountability.”
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