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Sierra Leone formally abolishes 'inhumane' death penalty
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 08, 2021 12:38pm |
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| Author | AFP |
| News Date | Friday, October 8, 2021 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio on Friday signed a bill abolishing the death penalty, becoming the latest African state to ban capital punishment.
The move comes after lawmakers in the West African country voted to end capital punishment in July, replacing the punishment with life imprisonment or a minimum 30-year jail term.
"As a nation, we have today exorcised horrors of a cruel past," Bio said in a statement, adding that capital punishment is "inhumane".
"We today affirm our belief in the sanctity of life," he added.
Sierra Leone, which is still recovering after decades of civil war, had frequently come under fire from rights groups for keeping capital punishment on the books. |
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