Following Marietta Bosch, the South african woman,...

Following Marietta Bosch, the South african woman, executed in Botswana on March 31 for murder, the South Africa's National Association of Democratic Lawyers said Botswanan President Festus Mogae should commute the sentences of all prisoners in his country who were awaiting execution. In a statement condemning the execution of convicted killer Mariette Bosch, Nadel said all progressive South Africans should reaffirm a commitment to the fundamental principle of the right to life. Calls for the return of the death penalty even by some enlightened members of society were misplaced, misguided and grounded in anger and fear, and would not solve the ills of the country. On January 30, a Botswana court of appeal dismissed the Marietta Bosch, 50, case and confirmed the sentenced to death pronounced in February 2000 for murdering her best friend so she could marry the victim's husband.