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 18, 2009JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA PLANS TO HANG CONVICTED CHILD KILLER
a man convicted of killing three children in Jamaica was sentenced to hang, in the first death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 2009JamaicaDEATH 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 19, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICAN MPS VOTE TO KEEP DEATH PENALTY
Jamaica's senate voted to retain the death penalty, a punishment that has not been carried out in the country
- DECEMBER 12, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: DEATH PENALTY DENIES DUE PROCESS OF LAW- SENATOR MEADOWS
debate on the death penalty continued in the Jamaican Senate with Government Senator, Dennis Meadows, arguing that capital punishment denies due process of law, as it deprives an individual the benefit of new evidence, or new law, that might warrant the r
- DECEMBER 11, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY COULD CHOKE FOREIGN AID TO JAMAICA - JUNIOR MINISTER
junior Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr Ronald Robinson...
- DECEMBER 1, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: KEEPING DEATH PENALTY WILL NOT CUT MURDER RATES
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) warned Jamaicans not to expect a reduction in murders because of the recent decision by members of the House of Representatives to retain the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 1, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY CRITICISES JAMAICA DEATH PENALTY VOTE
Amnesty International urged Jamaica to reform its justice system rather than resume executions to deal with violent crime.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO KEEP DEATH PENALTY
Jamaica's Parliament easily rejected a proposal to ban the death penalty in a vote propelled by the country's
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY: DEATH PENALTY NOT BEST FOR JAMAICA
Amnesty International joined voices globally advising the Jamaican Government to remove the death penalty from its books.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: FEMALE JUDGE SPEAKS ABOUT DEATH PENALTY
Mrs Clara Ogunbiyi is a female judge of the Court of Appeal, Lagos division in Nigeria
- NOVEMBER 12, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: GOV'T, OPPOSITION AGREE TO CONTINUE DEBATE ON DEATH PENALTY
the Jamaican Government and Opposition agreed on a formula allowing the historical debate on capital punishment to continue at Gordon House with full participation from both sides
- AUGUST 18, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: 25 YO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER
twenty five year old August Town fisherman Junior 'Simple' Campbell of Jamaica was sentenced to death for the murder of a couple within his volatile St Andrew community three years ago.