Death Penalty Outdated, To Be Abolished.

The death penalty is an outdated idea that goes against the ‘rule of law’ in its most basic form. President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema stated that his administration intends to repeal the death penalty statute in light of these basics. Significant public and commercial backing were given to this announcement. Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani, a renowned businessman, philanthropist, and volunteer from Zambia, has recently been one of this announcement’s largest backers. In support of the President’s remarks, Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani stated that the death sentence is brutal, inhumane, and degrading and does not provide the Zambian government with any solutions. At the same time, the death penalty has been substantially eliminated throughout most countries, with Africa seeing a rise in this tendency.

Past presidents of Zambia were constrained by this to refrain from carrying out the death penalty. President Chiluba imposed the death penalty for the final time in 1997, and the offender was put to death. Since that time, Zambian presidents have avoided carrying out the death sentence by exercising compassion prerogatives. Another justification for why the death penalty is not economically and socially feasible is the state of some Zambian prisons at the moment. The Zambian Maximum Prisons have frequently been referred to by notable individuals who have visited as “hell on earth.” In these jails, prisoners frequently lack basic human rights and basic human decency.

In response, the Zambian government has begun systematic decongestion of the jail population by working with organizations like the Parole Board of Zambia (PBZ) and the Zambian Correctional Facility. Giving the death sentence to inmates who are already living a life of degradation in such a situation does not make much sense. Through his organization Prison Fellowship Zambia (PFZ), a well-known Christian Outreach Program that aims to impart the teachings of the Almighty God to Zambia’s prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families, Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani will offer legal and regulatory support. Overall, the death sentence is wrong, and the Zambian President’s remarks raise the bar for the country’s legal system.