OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso's parliament has abolished the death penalty by adopting a new penal code that strikes it as a possible sentence. Justice Minister Rene Bagoro said on Thursday that the revised document paves the way for "more credible, equitable, accessible and effective justice in the application of criminal law". The National Assembly in Burkina Faso Thursday approved an amendment to the 1996 criminal code which abolishes the death penalty in the West African country.APA learned Friday from a parliamentarian source in Ouagadougou that the penal code amendment bill was adopted by 83 votes for and 42 against, and effectively ends application of the death penalty in Burkina Faso. The decision to abolish the death penalty comes amid a landmark trial this year over a failed 2015 coup.
Burkina Faso's National Assembly votes to abolish the death penalty.