151. ln view of all of the above, and taking into account other similar cases involving the Respondent State,75 the Court awards the Applicant the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Shillings (TZS 300,000) as moral damages. B. Non-pecuniary reparations 152. The Applicant prays the Court to order the Respondent State to revoke the death sentence, remove him from death row and release him from prison. He also prays for the Court to order the Respondent State to amend the provision of its law on the mandatory death sentence to ensure respect for life. 153. The Respondent State on its part prays the Court to order that all reliefs sought by the Applicant should be denied. i. Amendment of the law to ensure respect for life and dignity 154. The Applicant prays the Court to order the Respondent State to amend its laws to ensure respect for the right to life. 155. The Court recalls its position in previous judgments dealing with the mandatory imposition of the death penalty where it has ordered the Respondent State to undertake all necessary measures to remove from its Penal Code the provision for the mandatory imposition of the death sentence.76 The Court notes that to date it has issued several identical orders for the removal of the mandatory death penalty which were delivered in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023; yet, as at the date of the present judgment, the Court does not have any information to the effect that the Respondent State has implemented the said orders. 75 Crospery Gabriel and Another v. United Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 050/2016, Judgment of 13 February 2024 (merits and reparations), § 153; Romward William v. United Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 030/2016, Judgment of 13 February 2024 (merits and reparations), § 86. 76 Mwita v. Tanzania (judgment), supra, § 166; Msuguri v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), ibid, § 128; Henerico v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), supra, § 207 and Juma v. Tanzania (judgment), supra, § 170. 43

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