Death penalty: how Zimbabwe reached the point of abolition - podcast

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In subsequent research in 2019, Hoyle also found a high level of support among political, religious and civil society leaders, for abolition.
42% : After 1965, when Ian Smith's minority white government declared a Unilateral Declaration of Independence over Rhodesia and a 15-year civil war ensued, the number of death sentences rose from 28 in 1965 to 71 in 1968.

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