Capital punishment was a legal penalty in
Zambia until 2022. Despite its former legality, the country had not carried out any execution since 1997. Zambia was considered "
Abolitionist in Practice".
There were at least 9 new death sentences in Zambia in 2021. 257 people were on
death row
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting Capital punishment, execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of ...
at the end of 2021.
On 25 May 2022, Zambian President
Hakainde Hichilema announced that the death penalty would soon be abolished in Zambia.
On 23 December 2022, capital punishment was officially abolished, though it remains in some military statutes.
References
Zambia
Law of Zambia
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