Linah Mohohlo (1952–2021) Botswana banker
Source: PRODUCTIVITY WEEK DINNER DANCE ADDRESS https://www.bankofbotswana.bw/sites/default/files/speech-documents/productivity-week-dance-october-25-2001.pdf (October 25, 2001)
“The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off.”
Executioner: Pierrepoint. Harrap 1974. p. 211.
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