English speaking Caribbean: State Killing in the English speaking Caribbean: a legacy of colonial times

رقم الوثيقة: AMR 05/003/2002
تاريخ النشر: 22 أبريل 2002
التصنيفات: الأمريكتان

This report seeks to answer the arguments put forward by the proponents of capital punishment in the English Speaking Caribbean and examines the shortcomings in the administration of the death penalty in the region.The paper primarily focuses on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the two countries with the largest death row populations in the region. However, details of other counties are given and the themes and problems illustrated in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are prevalent in the other nations of the ESC.