Poloko�s last chance to beat death

Friday, February 02, 2018

Date with death: Poloko rose to fame for several Facebook posts he made while on bail PIC: FACEBOOK

Few have escaped the gallows by having their sentences reduced at the Court of Appeal (CoA) and even fewer have had their convictions set aside. This year, the CoA freed one man from the rope and today, Uyapo Poloko, who has been sitting on death row for a while, is hoping to be next. Staff Writer MPHO MOKWAPE reports

This morning the highest court in the land will either set Uyapo Poloko free, or he will become the first man in 2018 condemned to die.

The 37-year-old, a graduate of counselling at Tonota College of Education, is the second death row convict this year to face the Court of Appeal. Early last month, Tsholofelo Maselwa walked the same road and became the first convict to escape the noose in a while.

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