Kenya: Poor Kenyans Likely to End Up On Death Row – Study

Kenya’s death penalty disproportionately affects people from low-income households, many of whom lack proper legal representation. Those surveyed in a recent study also accused the judiciary of corruption.

Peter Ouko from Nairobi was sentenced to death in 2008 for murder, a crime he said he didn’t commit.

Having spent 18 years in prison, Ouko was lucky to receive a presidential pardon in 2016, a gesture the president makes annually to decongest Kenya’s prisons.

Now out of jail, he told DW that…