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Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition

Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition: Zimbabwe hasn’t executed anyone who was sentenced to death since 2005. With the passing of the Death Penalty Abolition Act 2024 on 31 December, Zimbabwe has become the 127th country in the world to end death penalty. This process began with the introduction to …

Why the fight for racial justice in the US requires the abolition of the death penalty

Why the fight for racial justice in the US requires the abolition of the death penalty: Protests in response to the extrajudicial killings of Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, and so many other Black Americans have raised awareness of the perennial struggle for racial justice in the US. The Black Lives Matter movement has …