在2012年的一份判决中，博茨瓦纳上诉法院写道死刑“自无法追溯的远古时代起就一直存在 ” ， 而“取消死刑将违背公认的行为规范 ” 。
In a 2012 judgment, the Botswana Court of Appeals wrote that capital punishment has been imposed “since time immemorial,” and “its abolition would be a departure from the accepted norm.”