TRUE JUSTICE
AS NEWS spread of the killing of 61-year-old university lecturer Shan Dwarika, who was kidnapped a fortnight ago from an apartment he rented out, there was a deluge of not-so-hushed calls for the reinstatement of the death penalty.
The return of capital punishment was also proposed as a sure-fire way to reduce the rampant rise in serious crime which has come to be regarded as an acceptable means of resolving social, political and even domestic conflicts.
According to the latest crime statistics released by Minister of Police Bheki Cele, more than 6 200 people were killed between January and March this year. In other words, at least 70 people were murdered every day in the first
