PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papua New Guinea has repealed the death penalty after reintroducing it 30 years ago. The country’s last execution took place in 1945 and capital punishment was abolished in 1970, before being reinstated in 1991. Prime Minister James Marape said that the punishment wasn’t an effective deterrent to serious crime. The justice minister added that the country didn’t have the infrastructure needed to carry it out humanely.