Woman has sentence quashed by Tanzania court after over a decade on death row
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In Tanzania, Lemi Limbu, a woman with severe intellectual disabilities, had her 2015 murder conviction and death sentence quashed by a Shinyanga court after over a decade in prison. Limbu, who has the developmental age of a child and a history of sexual and domestic violence, was convicted of killing her daughter. Despite her condition, evidence of her intellectual disability was not admitted in her 2022 retrial, which resulted in a second death sentence. While her lawyers and activists are pleased the conviction was overturned, they are concerned about the court's order for a retrial, fearing further delays in justice. The Legal and Human Rights Centre argues that Limbu should not have been imprisoned at all, given her intellectual disability under Tanzanian and international law.
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AI-ExtractedLimbu has a severe intellectual disability and the developmental age of a 10-year-old child or younger.
She was not supposed to be in prison in the first place.
A court in Shinyanga declared she can appeal on March 4.
Limbu was convicted of the murder of her daughter in 2015.
Lemi Limbu's conviction and death sentence were quashed after more than a decade on death row.
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