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Zimbabwe moves to abolish colonial-era death penalty law
The African nation has not executed anyone in nearly two decades, despite official records showing 62 inmates on death row Zimbabwe’s cabinet has passed legislation abolishing the death penalty, which was inherited from British colonial rule. The move on Tuesday will commute all capital punishments to life imprisonment, should parliament approve it. The decision comes after nationwide consultations on the private member-sponsored bill introduced in the National Assembly last year, according to a statement from the Information Ministry. “It is expected that the new law will impose lengthy sentences without violat

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