Luck escapes death row inmate

Court of Appeal building PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Court of Appeal building PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

A death row inmate failed to escape the hangman’s noose despite sitting judges in the matter having a different opinion on the sentencing.

His sentence was confirmed on majority rule. The inmate, Wedu Mosalagae who was initially convicted on a single count of murder and sentenced to death after he was accused of murdering his live-in girlfriend on or about November 24, 2012 at Nkosho ward in Letlhakane, had his sentenced confirmed by the Court of Appeal on Wednesday on majority rule.

Mosalagae was not fortunate enough to escape despite Judge Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe having a different opinion from Justice Singh Walia and Leatile Dambe on the sentence and choosing to rather give him (Mosalagae) a 20-year sentence coupled with backdating the punishment to the time he was imprisoned.  According to the majority judgement, Justice Walia confirmed Mosalagae’s death penalty together with Dambe while Ketlogetswe failed to agree and had a different opinion that a sentence of 20 years was appropriate.

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