St. Lucia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- February 22, 1979
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and Assembly Chamber
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Catholic majority
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2010St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2009St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 23, 2008St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
the Stephenson King administration in St Lucia plans to propose new measures to reintroduce the death penalty after more than a decade
the Stephenson King administration in St Lucia plans to propose new measures to reintroduce the death penalty after more than a decade
- JANUARY 1, 2008St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Saint Lucia voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium..
Saint Lucia voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 16, 2006St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. PRIME MINISTER WANTS REFORM TO ENSURE DEATH PENALTY
St Lucia's prime minister called for constitutional reforms to ensure convicted murderers received the death penalty as part of a plan to stiffen penalties for violent offenders.
- JANUARY 1, 2006St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JULY 29, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. GOVERNMENT PREPARING TO RESUME HANGINGS
the Kenny Anthony administration was clearing the way for the resumption of hangings in St. Lucia in response to a violent crime wave that had been sweeping the country.
- MAY 23, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. CONVICTED MURDERERS WILL BE HANGED, PRIME MINISTER WARNS
St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony made it clear that his administration would not hesitate to hang convicted murderers, as the tiny Caribbean island struggled to tame a rising homicide rate.
- APRIL 27, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. AUTHORITIES WANT SPEEDY EXECUTION OF CONVICTED MURDERERS
St Lucia's National Security Minister Calixte George said that speedy executions of condemned murders would have a deterrent effect on violent 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.