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
- JULY 22, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT TO REVISIT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN SEPTEMBER
the Jamaican Government says it will soon make known its position on the execution of convicted killers.
- JANUARY 1, 2008JamaicaDEATH 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 18, 2007JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica voted against the Resolution...
Jamaica voted against the Resolution...
- DECEMBER 14, 2007JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: NO DEATH PENALTY REFERENDUM
the Government says it has no plans at this time to hold a referendum on the future of the death penalty in Jamaica.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2007JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: CONVICT GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FORMER JGRA PRESIDENT’S MURDER
forty year old Peter Dougal, the man convicted of the murder of former President of the Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association, Lloyd G. Brown, and his companion, Sandra Campbell, was sentenced to death in the Home Circuit Court, Jamaica.
- OCTOBER 3, 2007JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: LAW MAKERS TO HAVE CONSCIENCE VOTE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
thirty years after the historic conscience debate on the controversial issue of hanging raged in the Parliamentary arena...
- JANUARY 1, 2007JamaicaDEATH 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".
- MAY 14, 2006JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. DEATH PENALTY 'STALEMATE' REMAINS
"As long as the law remains as it is, nobody is going to be hanged in Jamaica. Nobody," Justice Minister Senator A.J. Nicholson was reported to have said.
- MARCH 24, 2006JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. HANG CONVICTED CHILD KILLERS, SENATOR MUNROE
Jamaican Government senator Trevor Munroe advocated the hanging of convicted child killers.
- MARCH 19, 2006JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. PARLIAMENT ALLOWS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERS ASSOCIATED WITH BURGLARY
amendments to the Offences Against the Person Act, allowing for the application of the death penalty for murders associated with burglary, were passed in Jamaica’s Upper House.
- JANUARY 1, 2006JamaicaDEATH 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, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. EU FUNDS FIGHT AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY IN JAMAICA
it was reported that the Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) was set to intensify its campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in Jamaica. The IJCHR signed a contract with the European Union for J $24 million to be pumped into the