LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Reprieve for whites in South Africa murder case

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Nov 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:01:57

Description

Unidentified black male South African condemns the South African Appeal Court’s decision to lift the death sentence on two white people, Mrs Smith and her driver accomplice, who planned the murder of her husband Roger, but to go ahead with the hanging of the black man hired to carry it out. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Crime; Death penalty; South Africa; Homicide; Racial discrimination; Black peoples; Criminal justice system; Sentencing; Racial prejudice; Roger Smith

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