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Zimbabwe: Constitution should completely abolish the death penalty

By Lloyd Gumbo , 15 March 2015
World map: death penalty under the law (info-graph credit: Amnesty International)
World map: death penalty under the law (info-graph credit: Amnesty International)
<p>Acting President and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, wants the death penalty "totally" abolished by the Constitution. The new Constitution outlawed death penalty on women and men who are under the age of 18 years and those over 70. But Cde Mnangagwa who has been on record castigating the death penalty, said now he wanted men who were in the category of hanging, to also survive the gallows.</p>
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