Sierra Leone president on Friday signed a bill abolishing the death penalty, declaring the West African country had “exorcised horrors of a cruel past” after a long campaign to end capital punishment.
Sierra Leone, which is still recovering after decades of civil war, had frequently come under fire from rights groups for keeping capital punishment on the books. After long resisting a formal ban on capital punishment, the government announced abolition plans in May. The parliament then voted in favour in July.
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