South Africa waives death penalty for 62
South Africa’s Constitutional Court today waived the death sentence for 62 prisoners condemned before capital punishment was abolished in 1995, saying it should be replaced by an alternative sentence to end 10 years of legal limbo.
The court set a deadline of August 15 for prison authorities to submit a report with full details on what progress had been made in complying with its order, including the name of every person detained under sentence of death.
