One hundred people convicted of murder have had their...

One hundred people convicted of murder have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, Home Affairs Minister Mohammed Seif Khatib said.He said the president had reviewed the sentences after consultations with a special committee before ordering the sentences commuted.
"In a gesture showing his concern for human rights, especially the right to life, the president has commuted the death penalty for 100 murder convicts to life," Khatib told parliament in Tanzania's central town of Dodoma.
Mkapa was responding to the concerns of some legislators over the fate of convicts who have been on death row for many years.