The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has...
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has not been carried out since independence in 1962
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The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has not been carried out since independence in 1962. The decision on whether to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment is made by the Head of State Malietoa Tanumafili II.
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