Law commission makes strong case for scrapping of death sentence

KLRC has proposed to abolish the death sentence in murder cases and recommends the most a convict can get is 25 years in jail [Courtesy]

A commission has recommended the abolishing of the death sentence.

Instead, the Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC) proposes that capital offences such as murder, treason, robbery and unlawful administration of oath, for which the death penalty is prescribed, should attract life imprisonment. There have been several calls in the past for the scrapping of the death sentence.