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On 23 July 2021, the Parliament of Sierra Leone voted to abolish the death penalty. The change in law officially went into effect after President Julius Maada Bio signed off on the abolition. President Bio praised the parliament's unanimous decision to abolish the death penalty, stating on Twitter, "Today, I have fulfilled a governance pledge ...
Kidnapped and murdered 23-year-old Harvey Mad Man and 20-year-old Thomas Running Rabbit, two Native American men in the fall of 1982. 41 years, 211 days. Smith is the only Canadian on death row in the United States.
The Special Court for Sierra Leone, or the "Special Court" [1] (SCSL), also called the Sierra Leone Tribunal, was a judicial body set up by the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations [2] to "prosecute persons who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law" committed in Sierra Leone after 30 November 1996 and ...
At Sierra Leone’s first UPR in 2011, Un Human Rights recommended the abolition of the death penalty in the country. In 2014, the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture, two UN bodies of independent experts that monitor the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading ...
Oct 8, 2021 · Recorded death sentences in Sierra Leone increased to 39 in 2020 compared with 21 in 2019. The West African nation has observed a moratorium on executions, but prisoners sentenced to death still ...
Nov 2, 2021 · How we got here. Sierra Leone maintained and institutionalised the death penalty when it gained independence in 1961 and adopted English common law. For decades following, capital punishment was the ultimate sentence for murder, treason, mutiny, and robbery with aggression. It was also used as a political tool to terminate political opponents.
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Jul 23, 2021 · 07/23/2021. Sierra Leone's president said he would sign the abolition of capital punishment, fulfilling a personal campaign pledge. Some 99 people in the country are currently sitting on death row ...
