Jamaica
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- August 6, 1962
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister; Court of Appeal
RELIGIONS
majority Protestant
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2000JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty, but for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- NOVEMBER 5, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On November 5, speaking at the Third Committee of the...
On November 5, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), Alethia Barker referred to the draft resolution on the abolition of capital punishment to be introduced by the European Union and said I
- AUGUST 11, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On August 11, Prime Minister P
On August 11, Prime Minister P
- JULY 22, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Jamaica signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
In July, during a debate in the British Parliament...
In July, during a debate in the British Parliament on capital punishment in the Caribbean, Gerald Kaufman a Labour government backbencher said Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica received £20
- JUNE 4, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, Prime Minister Patterson, while visiting...
On June 4, Prime Minister Patterson, while visiting Toronto, said Jamaica was likely to resume executing death row prisoners, like Trinidad and Tobago
- JUNE 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
At the beginning of June, a death warrant was read...
At the beginning of June, a death warrant was read at the District Prison of St
- JANUARY 27, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On January 27, the Governor-General signed another...
On January 27, the Governor-General signed another death warrant for Lewis
- JANUARY 27, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On January 27, Christopher Brown, 28, who was scheduled...
On January 27, Christopher Brown, 28, who was scheduled to be hanged on January 28, was given a 4-day stay by Justice Ellis
- JANUARY 25, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On January 25, Justice Wesley James dismissed Patrick...
On January 25, Justice Wesley James dismissed Patrick Taylor's and Anthony McLeod's summonses complaining about the inhumane conditions in which they are being kept in prison
- JANUARY 21, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On January 21, Attorney General A
On January 21, Attorney General A
- JANUARY 7, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On January 7, the Constitutional Court, comprising...
On January 7, the Constitutional Court, comprising Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe, Justice Cooke and Justice Karl Harrison, heard and dismissed a motion filed by Neville Lewis against his prison conditions and the 6-month limit set by Governor General Howard