Woman has sentence quashed by Tanzania court after over a decade on death row

<p>Lemi Limbu, who has severe intellectual disabilities, remains in prison and will now face retrial for the murder of her daughter</p><p>A woman with severe intellectual disabilities in Tanzania has had her conviction and death sentence quashed after spending more than a decade in prison awaiting execution.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2025/nov/28/the-deadliest-wait-five-women-on-death-row">Lemi Limbu</a>, now in her early 30s, was convicted of the murder of her daughter in 2015. On 4 March, a court in Shinyanga, northern Tanzania, declared she can appeal. She will face a retrial, but a date has yet to be set.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/19/tanzania-lemi-limbu-freed-woman-learning-disabilities-death-row">Continue reading...</a>