Trinidad & Tobago
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- August 1, 1976
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, High Court of Justice; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council of London.
RELIGIONS
26% Catholics; 22% Hindus; 7.8% Anglicans; 6% Muslims, other
From the country
- JULY 26, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
for seven years, Emmanuel Vincent shared a jail cell with son Sylvester Vincent...
for seven years, Emmanuel Vincent shared a jail cell with son Sylvester Vincent...
- JULY 13, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
the convictions and death sentences of Marlon Peters...
the convictions and death sentences of Marlon Peters...
MAY 2, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
In Trinidad and Tobago, forty-five minutes was all it took for a jury to decide Kevin Borris
MARCH 1, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MARLON KING SENTENCED TO HANG
Marlon King, the man charged for the murder of four year old Amy Annamunthudo
- JANUARY 21, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
T&T: GOVT WORKING TO IMPLEMENT DEATH PENALTY – PM
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Government will work to implement
- JANUARY 1, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
- OCTOBER 5, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago was reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review
Trinidad and Tobago was reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review
- AUGUST 17, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD TOBAGO: PT FORTIN MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
Jay Chandler, of Point Fortin, was sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Mark Mohammed of the Second Criminal Court in the Port-of-Spain Assizes.
- JULY 31, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO T&T GOVT: STOP THE HANGINGS
the death penalty, discrimination against lesbians and gays, excessive use of force by police officers and backlogs in the courts were human rights concerns listed in report on Trinidad & Tobago submitted by Amnesty International to the United Nations Uni
- JUNE 14, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: PRIVY COUNCIL QUASHES MANDATORY DEATH FOR CERTAIN MURDERS
the mandatory death sentence for murder in Trinidad & Tobago was again overturned
- MARCH 24, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD &TOBAGO: EX-COP MOVES FROM DEATH ROW TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
in Trinidad & Tobago, former Police Constable Dave Burnett, 39, from Belmont, had his death sentence commuted to 15 years jail with hard labour by Chief Justice Ivor Archie...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: OPPOSITION DEFEATS HANGING BILL
in Trinidad and Tobago, the Constitution Amendment (Capital Offences) Bill, to speed up executions