Umucamanza wo muri Oklahoma yahanaguyeho icyaha umugabo wari umaze imyaka 48 muri gereza azira ubwicanyi atakoze, igihano kimaze igihe kirekire kizwi muri Amerika.
Glynn Simmons w’imyaka 70 yarekuwe muri Nyakanga nyuma y’urukiko rw’ibanze rusanze ibimenyetso by’ingenzi mu rubanza rwe bitashyikirijwe abamwunganira.
Ku wa mbere, umuyobozi w’akarere ko mu ntara yavuze ko nta bimenyetso bihagije byemeza ko uyu yakoze iki cyaha.
Mu cyemezo cyo ku wa kabiri, umucamanza Amy Palumbo yatangaje ko Bwana Simmons ari umwere.
Mu cyemezo cye, umucamanza w’akarere ka Oklahoma, Palumbo, yagize ati: “Uru rukiko rusanga mu bimenyetso bifatika kandi byemeza ko icyaha Bwana Simmons yahamijwe, akatirwa kandi agafungwa … kitakozwe na Bwana Simmons.”
Nk’uko ibiro ntaramakuru by’Abanyamerika bibitangaza ngo Bwana Simmons yatangarije abanyamakuru ati: “Ni isomo ryo kwihangana no gushikama.” “Ntukemere ko hagira uwukubwira ko bidashoboka, kuko birashoboka rwose.”
Bwana Simmons yamaze imyaka 48 n’ukwezi kumwe n’iminsi 18 muri gereza azira kwica Carolyn Sue Rogers mu 1974 ubwo yari yibwe mu iduka ry’ibinyobwa mu mujyi wa Oklahoma.
Yari afite imyaka 22 igihe we na mugenzi we Don Roberts baregwaga, bakatirwa urwo gupfa mu 1975.
Ibihano byaje kugabanyirizwa igifungo cya burundu kubera ko Urukiko rw’Ikirenga rwo muri Amerika rwafashe icyemezo ku gihano cy’urupfu.
Bwana Simmons yakomeje kuba umwere, avuga ko igihe yari yiciwe muri leta ya Louisiana.
Ku wa kabiri, Bwana Simmons yamwenyuye ubwo urukiko rwatangazaga ko ari umwere. Bwana Simmons uvuga yoroheje nyuma yaje kubwira abanyamakuru ko yari ategereje uyu mwanya “igihe kirekire”.
Ati: “Ibyakozwe ntibishobora gusubirwaho, ariko hashobora kubaho kubazwa”.
Abajijwe gusobanura ibyiyumvo bye, umwunganizi we Joseph Norwood yabwiye BBC Gahuzamiryango ati: “Biragaragara ko yishimye.”
Ku wa kane, Bwana Norwood yagize ati: “Igitekerezo cyo gufungirwa muri gereza imyaka 50 kubera ikintu udafite aho gihuriye nacyo kigomba kuba kimwe mu bintu bibi cyane ku mitekerereze y’umuntu.”
Bwana Simmons na Bwana Roberts bahamwe n’icyaha kubera ubuhamya bw’umwangavu warashwe mu mutwe. Ikigo cy’igihugu gishinzwe gutanga ibimenyetso cy’icyaha cyavuze ko uyu mwangavu yerekanye abandi bagabo benshi, nyuma akavuguruza bimwe mu buhamya bwe bwite.
Bwana Roberts yarekuwe by’agateganyo mu 2008.
Abantu bakatiwe nabi bakorera igihe muri Oklahoma bemerewe indishyi zigera ku 175.000 y’amadorari, ni ukuvuga arenga miliyoni 175 mu manyarwanda.
