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
- AUGUST 18, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. 25 DEATH ROW PRISONERS HAVE SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
it was reported that some 25 inmates of the Catherine Adult Centre Correctional Centre, Jamaica, were taken off death row and had their sentences commuted to life following the August 16 stabbing of former death row Prisoner Stephen Palmer, 32.
- JUNE 8, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. JLP SHADOW CABINET TO ISSUE FORMAL REPLY ON DEATH PENALTY DELAY
it was reported that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was to formally reply to what it described as "blatant misrepresentations" made recently by Attorney-General A J Nicholson regarding delays in the administering of the death penalty.
- MAY 28, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. COUNTRY’S TWO MAJOR PARTIES DISAGREE ON DEATH PENALTY
in the wake of calls for more steps to be taken in the fight against crime...
- APRIL 16, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN. LEADERS INAUGURATE OWN COURT OF JUSTICE
Caribbean leaders inaugurated a court that would serve as the highest judicial body for much of the region, a step toward shedding their 170-year-old dependence on Britain's Privy Council that many had resented as a vestige of colonialism.
- JANUARY 1, 2005JamaicaDEATH 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 26, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
the Jamaican Senate passed far reaching legislative amendments...
the Jamaican Senate passed far reaching legislative amendments, ending the mandatory death sentence for capital murder.
- OCTOBER 5, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The Jamaican government brought to Parliament an amendment...
The Jamaican government brought to Parliament an amendment to the Offences against the Person Act to give judges greater sentencing discretion in capital murder convictions after July's ruling by the Privy Council that the death penalty was not mandatory
- OCTOBER 1, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
the Jamaica government said it wanted legislators to debate the issue of the death penalty
the Jamaica government said it wanted legislators to debate the issue of the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The Department of Correctional Services in Jamaica...
The Department of Correctional Services in Jamaica said it would be seeking legal advice on the status of several death row inmates who had been staging various protests for the past week
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica's Opposition leader Edward Seaga described...
Jamaica's Opposition leader Edward Seaga described the proposed Caribbean Court of Justice as a "kangaroo court" which would be used by the government to violate human rights
- JULY 28, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Kingston, Jamaica: Prime Minister P
Kingston, Jamaica: Prime Minister P
- JULY 9, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty