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MNANGAGWA HAS COMMUTED DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR INMATES (voters) WHO HAVE BEEN ON DEATH ROW FOR OVER TEN YEARS.
“Commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment is hereby granted to all prisoners who have been on death row for ten years and above.”
As at early 2017, there were 97 inmates sentenced to death in Zimbabwe, whereas the country last executed prisoners more than 10 years.
Mnangagwa is known for opposing death sentence owing to his experience and subsequent survival during the war of liberation, has granted full remission to all male prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment on or before 28 February 1998 and all female prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment on or before 31 December 2010.
THE pardoned prisoners fall into 11 categories.
All convicted female prisoners who were granted full remission of the remaining period of imprisonment “regardless of the offence committed, save for those sentenced to life imprisonment and to death.”
In the second category all juveniles were granted full remission of the remaining period of imprisonment irrespective of the offences they committed.
All prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 36 months and below, and have served a quarter of their term were granted full remission full remission for the remaining period of imprisonment.
Mnangagwa also pardoned all terminally ill inmates who are unlikely to survive their prison terms. Also granted amnesty are prisoners confined to the open prison.
“This category consists of prisoners who as a result of good behaviour and a genuine desire to reform whilst in closed prison have been selected for the open prison rehabilitation programmes.”
Full remission was also granted to all prisoners aged 60 years and above, and who have served one third of their sentence save for those sentenced to life imprisonment or death.
Prisoners convicted of stock theft and have served a third of their sentence were also granted full amnesty. Source-Simiso Mlevu
www.newzimbabwevision.com says, elections says, no surprise and when you remember gukurahundi, murambatsvina, Chiadzwa, 2008 election violence and muederous white farmer evictions, along with forced exiling of approximately six million Zimbabweans, this is simply vote buying because he knows Zanu pf needs the votes as the harmonised elections will be held in are in July 2018. Hmmn, a so called act of compassion from the same man who was behind all the horrors…my foot,..wake up Zimbabwe! Only when Mnangagwa accounts for Itai Dzamara’s welfare and whereabouts, pardons him and releases him to join the new free Zimbabwe, can we acknowledge this as a true act of compassion.