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Moshoeshoe II, previously known as Constantine Bereng Seeiso, was the Paramount Chief of Basutoland, succeeding paramount chief Seeiso from 1960 until the country gained full independence from Britain in 1966. He was King of Lesotho from 1966 until his exile in 1990, and from 1995 until his death in 1996.
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Capital punishment in Lesotho is legal. However, despite not having any official death penalty moratorium in place, the country has not carried out any executions since the 1990s and is therefore considered de facto abolitionist.
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- ↑ Lesotho Times (2012-02-23). "Chieftainship dispute thickens" . Retrieved 2014-12-09.
- ↑ "Genealogy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
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