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
- MARCH 26, 2012JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: CHILD KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
In Jamaica, the death sentence of convicted St Mary child killer Jeffery Perry was overturned
- JANUARY 1, 2012JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states...
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states, "No person shall intentionally be deprived of his life save in execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted".
- JULY 28, 2011JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: PM: GRUESOME MURDERS WARRANT DEATH PENALTY
Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding suggested that the perpetrators of gruesome killings, like beheadings, should face the death penalty.
- APRIL 5, 2011JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
after 16 years of debate inside and outside of Parliament...
after 16 years of debate inside and outside of Parliament...
- JANUARY 1, 2011JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states...
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states, "No person shall intentionally be deprived of his life save in execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted".
- DECEMBER 20, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MAN BEATS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Peter Dougal, 41, farmer and construction worker of Santoy district, had his 2007 death sentence for murdering former Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association president Lloyd G. Brown...
- DECEMBER 20, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MAN BEATS DEATH SENTENCE
Kingston labourer Peter Dougal, 41, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Jamaican Court of Appeal. He was sentenced for murdering Lloyd G. Brown, and his fiancée, Sandra Campbell in St Andrew on June 5, 2005.
- AUGUST 26, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: EX-SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Jamaican Supreme Court Justice Horace March sentenced ex-soldier Leslie Moodie
- MAY 7, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Aandre Reid, alias 'Chadwick Gordon', was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Gloria Smith in Jamaica for robbing, raping and murdering two women.
- JANUARY 20, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: DEATH PENALTY FOR LYN MURDERS
Lennox Swaby, 28, farmer and taxi driver, and Calvin Powell, 26, garbage truck driver, both from Manchester, Jamaica, were sentenced to death for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states...
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states, "No person shall intentionally be deprived of his life save in execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted".
- NOVEMBER 9, 2009JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MASTERMIND BEHIND ACP KAMEKA'S MURDER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Massimassa Adams, 26, was sentenced to death by the Home Circuit Court in Jamaica for masterminding the murder of Assistant Commissioner, Gilbert Kameka, 48.