Prison authorities want to give prisoners facing execution a “chance to live,” official Huggins Machingauta said. He said all death sentences will be brought before the cabinet of ministers for a review to commute them to life.
“We are in no hurry to hang anyone. It is our wish and hope that they get a reprieve,” Machingauta said.
The hangman’s post was vacant for about seven years since the previous one retired in 2005. State media reported earlier this month that prison officials said they found a new hangman.
A new proposed draft constitution endorsed by the country’s two main political parties exempts women, men under 21 and those over 70 from the death penalty. The charter, which will be put to a referendum on March 16, only allows for the imposition of death penalty for cases of “aggravated murder.”
Civic rights groups, however, want the “total abolition” of the death penalty.
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