In Chapter 3, you learn about a group of people called the Upington 26. The Upington 26 were 26 people that were charged with the murder of one police man. The law of common purpose as it was called, allowed for the prosecution not only of the person or persons directly responsible for a crime, but also of all those who might have shared in the desire to commit it. In this case the police could have rounded up 3, 4, or 15, people but they opted for 26. In the case of the Upington 26 they would face the same sentence Mandela had prepared for when he stood 21 years earlier: death my hanging.
I just found this very interesting while in a civilized society that 26 people can be charged for the murder of one man because they thought about doing it or even just because the police felt like charging them that day.
So wrong!
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