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==Pardon of prisoners== | ==Pardon of prisoners== | ||
During a visit of the prison on 16 July 2015, President [[Edgar Lungu]] commuted death sentences of 332 inmates to life imprisonment.<ref name=ar>[http://www.africareview.com/News/Zambian-president-spares-death-row-inmates/-/979180/2792474/-/dokxai/-/index.html Zambian president spares 332 death row inmates] Africa Review, 17 July 2015</ref> The president also officially opened the new Central Mechanical Workshop at Mukobeko to help in the servicing of Zambia Prisons Service vehicles and those for the [[Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name=znbc>[http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=16859 Lungu opens Mukobeko workshop], [[ZNBC]], 16 July 2015</ref> | During a visit of the prison on 16 July 2015, President [[Edgar Lungu]] commuted death sentences of 332 inmates to life imprisonment.<ref name=ar>[http://www.africareview.com/News/Zambian-president-spares-death-row-inmates/-/979180/2792474/-/dokxai/-/index.html Zambian president spares 332 death row inmates] Africa Review, 17 July 2015</ref> The president also officially opened the new Central Mechanical Workshop at Mukobeko to help in the servicing of Zambia Prisons Service vehicles and those for the [[Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name=znbc>[http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=16859 Lungu opens Mukobeko workshop], [[ZNBC]], 16 July 2015</ref> | ||
==Executions== | |||
On January 24, 1997, 8 prisoners were executed on the same day that President [[Frederick Chiluba]] pardoned 600 inmates. Seven of the prisoners had been convicted of murder, and the eighth had been convicted of murder and armed robbery.<ref>[http://www.hrw.org/reports/1997/07/01/human-rights-zambia-1996-elections Human Rights in Zambia since the 1996 elections, Ch. V The Death Penalty], Human Rights Watch, 1 July 1997</ref> | |||
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