EDITORIAL: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS A BLOT ON TANZANIA

Justifiably, pressure is mounting for Tanzania to abolish the death penalty. That follows President John Magufuli’s declaration last month that he would not sign any death warrant during his term in office. He spoke during a ceremony to swear in Prof Ibrahim Juma as Chief Justice. Although Tanzania has not carried out capital punishment since 1994, its penal code still retains it. During the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty last week, Legal and Human Rights Centre ratcheted up a campaign to abolish capital punishment in Tanzania on the ground that it is inhuman. Abolitionists suggest to Tanzania to replace the death penalty with incarceration. Having been independent for more than five decades, Tanzania has come of age. It should not cling tenaciously to anachronistic pieces of legislation that border on savagery. Let’s repeal them. We cannot claim to be democratic and just, while habouring brutality.

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EDITORIAL: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS A BLOT ON TANZANIA

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