Battle to outlaw death sentence presses on

Efforts to amend the death penalty are underway through the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to delete the sections on death sentence, and replace them with life imprisonment. [iStockphoto]

There are 165 people currently on death row in the country, out of which three are women.

Court of Appeal Judge, Justice John Mativo, said yesterday there is a significant move worldwide to abolish death penalty, which has been termed as inhuman, degrading and irreversible.