This Wednesday morning, before the judges at the Tangier Court of Appeal rendered their verdict, the killer of Adnane Bouchouf apologized to his family. He claimed not to have sexually assaulted the child.
The criminal chamber of the Tangier Court of Appeal has rendered its verdict in the trial of the murder of Adnane Bouchouf. The main defendant was sentenced to death on Wednesday morning.
23 death sentences were handed down during the year 2019, according to the third report of the Attorney General’s Office. These sentences concerned 16 men aged between 21 and 45 years old.
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) continues its actions for the abolition of the death penalty. It is in this perspective that it has suggested that Morocco vote in favor of the resolution on the universal moratorium on the application of the death penalty, during the next session of the 3rd UN committee.
Morocco has confirmed to Denmark the death sentence of former Danish citizen Said Mansour of Moroccan origin for his involvement in the terrorist attacks of May 16, 2003 in Casablanca. These attacks had cost the lives of 45 people.
The international community is celebrating October 10th, the World Day Against the Death Penalty. For a few years now, Morocco has been moving towards its abolition, even though death sentences have been handed down for certain crimes.
The rape and murder of young Adnane in Tangier has prompted many Moroccans to demand that the justice system apply the death penalty to the person found guilty of this atrocious crime. Although shocked by the nature of the crime, the president of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) maintains her position on the abolition of the death penalty.
The pain of the double murder of little Adnane in Tangier and Naima Arouhi in the city of Zagora is still vivid and arouses a wave of anger and revolt in Morocco. Internet users and associations are mobilizing to make the authorities assume their responsibilities.
A couple prosecuted for voluntary homicide and mutilation of the body of a minor was sentenced on Tuesday to the death penalty by the criminal chamber of first instance near the Court of Appeal of Tangier.
The murder of little Adnane in Tangier has reignited the debate on the death penalty. In the tumult of the war of positions, the Moroccan Alliance for the Abolition of the Death Penalty rejects capital punishment.
For the past few days, Moroccans have been divided on the issue of the application of the death penalty. The Minister of State in charge of Human Rights, Mustapha Ramid, has joined the debate, giving his opinion on the subject.
After the outrage and shock, the rape and murder of the young Adnane Bouchouf has brought the old debate on the application of the death penalty back to the forefront. In public opinion, many believe that for crimes of such inhumanity, the death penalty is the most appropriate.