Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
HUMAN RIGHTS: Uganda moves towards abolishing death penalty
Share:
by Miriam Mannak | January 21, 2009 at 11:52 am
497 views | 12 Recommendations | 2 comments
Photos
It seems that Uganda, a country in central Africa, is one big step closer of banning capital punishment.
On January 21, the Ugandan Supreme Court ruled that death sentences will be turned into life imprisonment after someone charged with capital punishment has spent three years in jail, without being executed.
This step has been hailed by human rights groups across the globe.
Capital punishment nevertheless remains constitutional the Court ruled, but said that it is unacceptable if someone who is charged with the death sentence has to wait three years for his or her death.
In Uganda no one has been executed since 1999, which could be sign of the country wanting to abolish the death penalty.
Advertisement
NowPublic on Facebook
What is NowPublic?
NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.
Most Recommended Comment
Crowd Power
gudul
Brussels, Belgium
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (2)
at 23:34 on January 21st, 2009
It is one small step into the right direction. Not there yet though.
at 23:36 on January 21st, 2009
True - but they are at least doing an effort. According to various reports, in 1993 even talking about abolishing the death penalty was a taboo. Rather do things slow and calculated, and getting people used to the idea then to cause a stir / civil unrest.