St. Lucia
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- 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
- APRIL 16, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. COUNTRY MAY RESUME HANGINGS, EDITORIAL
as St Lucia authorities continue to search for answers to the country's escalating murder/homicide rate, there is good indication that there will be a resumption of hangings.
- MARCH 24, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
Police Commissioner Ausbert Regis called for the resumption of executions in St Lucia as law enforcement authorities warned of tougher action to deal with a rising crime problem on the island.
- JANUARY 1, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- MAY 28, 2004St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)...
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Appeal Court upheld the death sentences imposed on Kim John and Francis Phillip in 2003 for murdering a Roman Catholic priest and a nun
- APRIL 11, 2004St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JULY 28, 2003St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
St Lucia's Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony told a one-day...
St Lucia's Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony told a one-day consultation on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the time had come for the Commonwealth Caribbean to engage in serious debate on the retention of the death penalty
- APRIL 30, 2003St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Kim John, 23, and Francis Phillip, 37, were sentenced...
Kim John, 23, and Francis Phillip, 37, were sentenced to death by a high court for the murder of two members of the Roman Catholic Church three years ago
- JANUARY 1, 2003St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that...
Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- OCTOBER 5, 2002St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
- OCTOBER 5, 2002St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
- OCTOBER 1, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados
Barbados
- MARCH 20, 2002St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
St. Lucia plans to lobby fellow members of the Caribbean...
St. Lucia plans to lobby fellow members of the Caribbean Community to set up the Caribbean Court of Justice as soon as possible, to replace the Privy Council in London as the final arbiter of the islands' laws, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said.Anthony co