Zambia court rejects plea to scrap death sentences
14th Nov 2006, 13:52 GMT
Zambia's Supreme Court has rejected a petition by two death-row inmates who sought the abolition of capital punishment on the grounds that it went against "Christian values". "The courts in this country have no powers to abolish the death penalty because they do not have power to legislate," the Supreme Court said in a judgement passed late on Monday.
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