<p>&#8220;Zimbabwe&#8217;s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect&#8230; Mnangagwa&#8217;s move comes after Zimbabwe&#8217;s parliament voted earlier in December to scrap the death penalty. Zimbabwe last carried out an execution by hanging in 2005, but its courts continued to hand down the death [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://humanprogress.org/zimbabwe-abolishes-death-penalty/">Zimbabwe Abolishes Death Penalty</a> appeared first on <a href="https://humanprogress.org">Human Progress</a>.</p>