Grenada
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- December 19, 1973
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of a Court of Appeal and a High Court of Justice
RELIGIONS
53% Catholics, 13.8% Anglicans, 33.2% other Protestants
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Grenada voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
GRENADA. THE PRIVY COUNCIL OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY FOR 13 PRISONERS
an London-based appeals court has overturned death sentences for 13 prisoners convicted of killing
- JANUARY 1, 2007GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2006GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2005GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- APRIL 11, 2004GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- MARCH 16, 2004GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The Grenada High Court ruled that the death sentences...
The Grenada High Court ruled that the death sentences handed down in 1986 to the so called "Grenada 17" were unconstitutional
- JANUARY 1, 2003GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978,...
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978, when three men were hanged for rape and murder
- MARCH 15, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Several governments in the Caribbean are expected to...
Several governments in the Caribbean are expected to speed up plans to establish a regional court after a ruling by Britain's Privy Council that the mandatory death penalty is in violation of the constitutions of several countries
- MARCH 13, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries
- MARCH 11, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)