Death penalty news December 1993

1. Jamaica: Commutation of death sentences of Earl Pratt and Ivan Morgan; 2. Trinidad and Tobago: Commutation of death sentences of prisoners jailed for five years or more; 3. Zimbabwe: Amendment to death penalty legislation; 4. South Africa: Suspension of executions; 5. Peru: Extension of the scope of the death penalty in the new constitution; 6. Philippines: Restoration of the death penalty; 7. Turkey: Death sentence approved for the first time in nine years; 8. Greece: Abolition; 9. Swaziland: Commutation; 10. France: Motion signed calling for the return of the death penalty; 11. Italy: Abolition bill approved in the Lower House; 12. Singapore: Extension of the scope of the death penalty; 13. USA: Poetry from death row; 14. Book reviews.

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