Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty

Zimbabwe officially abolished the death penalty Tuesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will commute to jail time the sentences of about 60 prisoners on death row. There has been a moratorium on executions in the southern African country since 2005 although courts have continued to hand down the death sentence [...]The post Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

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