What Is Absaloms Sentence

He sentences Absalom to death by hanging. As the people leave the courtroom, the whites leave one way and the blacks another, except the man from the reformatory. He helps Msimangu help Stephen Kumalo leave.

What sentence did Absalom receive?

Therefore, he finds Absalom guilty of murder. The judge believes there are no special grounds for mercy, which means that Absalom is sentenced to hang.

What is Absalom charged with?

Unfortunately, the judge has no choice but to find Absalom guilty of the crime with which he is charged, murder. The sentence for this crime is death. It is a heart breaking reality of the South African law.