Antigua & Barbuda
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
- News items in the archive
- 39
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Antigua & Barbuda is classified as Abolitionist de facto in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 39 news items on Antigua & Barbuda, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2019Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2018Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2017Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
NOVEMBER 22, 2016Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTYANTIGUA: TWO MURDER CONVICTS RELEASED
Michael Lorriston Cornwall and Michael Mason walked out of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), free men, after a resentencing exercise in the High Court.
- JANUARY 1, 2016Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2015Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2014Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- OCTOBER 9, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN URGED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged Caribbean countries that
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda - Senate approves removal of mandatory death sentence
Antigua and Barbuda - Senate approves removal of mandatory death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda’s Parliament has given final approval to the Offence Against the Person Amendment
Antigua and Barbuda’s Parliament has given final approval to the Offence Against the Person Amendment
- FEBRUARY 27, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: GOV’T VOWS TO ENFORCE DEATH PENALTY
Antigua is to begin actively enforcing the death penalty after a 22-year lull.
- JANUARY 1, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2012Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- OCTOBER 4, 2011Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda was reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review
Antigua and Barbuda was reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review
- JANUARY 1, 2011Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2010Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2009Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- AUGUST 14, 2008Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE PROPOSED IN ANTIGUA-BARBUDA
the Antiguan Government says it will propose the death penalty for crimes involving weapons, even if the victim is not killed, according to Justice Minister Collin Derrick.
- JANUARY 1, 2008Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda voted against...
Antigua and Barbuda voted against...
- JANUARY 1, 2007Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2006Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2005Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2003Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 31, 2002Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 1, 2002Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- AUGUST 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Britain's Privy Council overturned a death sentence...
Britain's Privy Council overturned a death sentence imposed on a citizen of the Dominican Republic, who was convicted of murder because the trial judge did not consider the issue of provocation
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the...
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- JANUARY 1, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal