No more prisoners on death row

Judge Zak Yacoob said the Constitutional Court’s 1995 judgment declaring the death penalty unconstitutional had now been carried out fully in practice. This emerged, according to a report on The Citizen site, when the court gave judgment on an application made by four death row prisoners – Willy Sibiya, Purpose Khumalo, Jacob Geldenhuys and David Nkuna – regarding their re-sentencing. In its judgment last year, the court expressed dismay that there were still 62 people facing death sentences. It made an extensive supervisory order on the replacement of all outstanding death sentences with other punishment. By July 28 this year, all death sentences had been replaced. Full report on The Citizen site Judgment