Death penalty abolished in Togo

The Togolese government has announced the abolition of death penalty, the state radio reported.

The decision to scrap death penalty in the West African nation was announced at the end of the cabinet meeting held here Wednesday evening.

“The choice by the country to set up a healthy judiciary limiting miscarriages of justice, correcting, educating and ensuring human rights is no longer consistent with the criminal law that still implements death penalty,” a statement read on the state-owned radio said.