Zim stands alone on death penalty

Human rights organisations have called on government to scrap the death penalty from its statutes, arguing by upholding the “unjust and archaic legislation”, Zimbabwe was slowly alienating itself from the rest of the region.

Most Southern African countries have either abolished the death penalty or not executed anyone in recent years, save for Botswana which had one execution last year, according to an online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia.

Zimbabwe’s last hanging was carried out in 2003 although several convicts have reportedly been awaiting the gallows since then.

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