South Sudan Law Society spoke out against prevailing Death Penalty in the Transitional Constitution of the country.
The Society’s Advocacy Officer Priscilla Nyagoah Tut on Wednesday told CRN that the Death Penalty should be abolished.
She argued that abolishing Death Penalty was a way of transforming from the violent past to the peaceful and reconciliatory future.
Ms Tut suggested that life imprisonment should replace Death Penalty and consider justice as a healing process instead of revenge.
She pointed out that much as murder is the gravest crime, no individual or institution has the right to kill.
South Sudan Law Society official made the statement on the eve of the World Day against Death Penalty.
The Society, media houses and other dignitaries will celebrate the Day on Thursday in Juba.