Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Tanzania. Tanzania has two capital offences: treason and murder. The death penalty is the mandatory sentence for murder.[1]

Despite the legality of capital punishment in Tanzania, there have been no executions carried out since 1995. Tanzania is classified as "Abolitionist in Practice."[2]

There are believed to have been new sentences handed down in Tanzania in 2021, though the number is unknown. There were believed to have been at least 480 people on death row in Tanzania at the end of 2021.[3]

On 19 July 2019, the High Court of Tanzania ruled that "there is not enough evidence to challenge the death penalty."[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Death Penalty in Tanzania: Law and Practice" (PDF). British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Death sentences and executions 2021". Amnesty International. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Tanzania Rules To Keep Death Penalty". Africa Sustainability Matters. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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