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  "id": 14635061,
  "title": "Death penalty debate returns amid outrage over violent crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/death-penalty-debate-returns-amid-outrage-over-violent-crime",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/opinion/2026-10-15-death-penalty-debate-returns-amid-outrage-over-violent-crime/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As South Africa confronts horrific violence against women, calls to restore the death penalty are growing. But any change would face constitutional, legal and evidential hurdles.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}