Zimbabwe president signs death penalty abolition into law

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the death penalty abolition bill into law on Dec. 31, 2024.[VOA,Standard]

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa - who has not signed death warrants for those facing capital sentences since he came to power in 2017 - signed the death penalty abolition bill into law Dec. 31, 2024, presidential spokesman George Charamba confirmed to VOA.

"Yes, the president had a personal role he played in moving matters in that direction, and this [is] arising from his own historical experience [as] a prisoner who had been condemned but only survived on the basis of age. But we want to situate this decision as a decision of parliament," Charamba said.