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Christa Pike’s failed execution revives South Africa’s death-penalty debate

Christa Pike’s failed execution in Tennessee has exposed the irreversible risks of state killing. For South Africa, where the Constitutional Court outlawed capital punishment in 1995, the case offers a renewed test of whether harsher punishment can repair a failing criminal-justice system.

Christa Pike’s failed execution revives South Africa’s death-penalty debate

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