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Surviving the noose: Prison life and what it costs you

From left:Supreme Court Judges Njoki Ndungu, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu and Justice Jackton Ojwang after the ruling on death penalty. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

It may not be an easy ride to freedom after all for prisoners on death row as the ripple effects of Friday’s Supreme Court ruling abolishing the death sentence start being felt.

Families of those who have been murdered have expressed outrage at the court’s decision, saying abolishing the death sentence is tantamount to letting murderers get away with their actions.

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