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Nigeria is on the verge of passing a law to criminalise rampant mob lynching. Other countries have tried to do this and failed.
Vigilantism challenges the formal boundary between crime and punishment, between law and justice. But its largely been overlooked as a legal topic worthy of in-depth consideration.
Recently, incidents of motorcycle robberies on the streets of greater Jakarta have increased – along with deadly mob violence associated with it.
