In recent months two African states have announced their intentions to abolish the death penalty – Zambia and the Central African Republic. In all, 22 member countries of the African Union (AU) have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, and one for ordinary crimes. The Kenyan death penalty explainedEfforts have been made to restrict the scope and application of capital punishment. Public opinion is no barrier to abolitionOur public opinion study surveyed a representative sample of 1,672 Kenyans. Report by:Carolyn Hoyle, Director of the University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of OxfordLucy Harry, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU), University of Oxford
