Dozens of death row prisoners in Gambia risk imminent execution

Headline Title:  Dozens of death row prisoners in Gambia risk imminent execution 28 August 2012 At least 38 people still on death row in The Gambia are at imminent risk of execution following official confirmation nine other death row inmates were put to death last week as the government pledged executions will continue, Amnesty International said.   “One can only imagine the terror the death row inmates and their families are facing knowing that at any moment they could be pulled from their cells and put in front of a firing squad,” said Paule Rigaud, Amnesty International’s…

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