Bahamas
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- July 10, 1973
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and Assembly Chamber; the Government can dissolve parliament and call for elections at any time
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Privy Council; Court of Appeal, Supreme Court (lower), magistrates' court
RELIGIONS
Christian majority
From the country
- MAY 5, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: ANDROSIAN GETS DEATH PENALTY
Alphonso Pinder, 33, from Andros in the Bahamas...
- MARCH 16, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
Freeport residents Edwin Bauld Jr. and Wilfred McPhee Jr. were sentenced to death Acting Justice Jethro Miller in the Bahamas for murdering Grand Bahama police officer Eddison Bain.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: MAN TEMPORARILY ESCAPES HANGMAN
the Bahamas government stayed the execution of Godfrey Sawyer because he filed an appeal.
- JANUARY 1, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
- JANUARY 11, 2009BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP CONDEMNS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a Christian faith leader in the Bahamas declared that capital punishment needs to be abolished and other alternatives for punishment considered
- JANUARY 1, 2009BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: ANGLICAN BISHOPS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
fourteen bishops of the Anglican Church in the Province of the West Indies, meeting in the Bahamas, under the chairmanship of the Archbishop of the West Indies, Rev Drexel Gomez, registered their opposition to the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: LOCKHART MURDER APPEAL DISMISSED
the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas dismissed the appeal by Ernest Lockhart against his conviction and death sentence.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: TIDO MURDER APPEAL DISMISSED
the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas dismissed the appeal against the murder conviction and death sentence of Maxo Tido.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
Cordell Farrington had his murder conviction and death sentence quashed by the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Senior Justice Anita Allen sentenced 35 year old Ian Knowles to death for
Senior Justice Anita Allen sentenced 35 year old Ian Knowles to death for
- JANUARY 1, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.