Bahamas
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 · The death penalty is mandatory for murder
- News items in the archive
- 66
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Bahamas 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 66 news items on Bahamas, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
APRIL 27, 2020BahamasDEATH PENALTYTHE BAHAMAS: PRIVY COUNCIL OVERTURNS MURDER CONVICTION OF UNREPRESENTED MAN WHO FACED THE DEATH PENALTY
The Privy Council on 27 April 2020 overturned the conviction of a Bahamian man who represented himself in a murder trial in which the prosecution sought the imposition of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2020BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
- JANUARY 1, 2019BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
- JANUARY 1, 2018BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
- JANUARY 1, 2017BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
- JANUARY 1, 2016BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
- JANUARY 1, 2015BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
- NOVEMBER 26, 2014BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Clarke was spared the death sentence by the Court of Appeal for the contract killing of a friend,
Anthony Clarke was spared the death sentence by the Court of Appeal for the contract killing of a friend,
- JANUARY 1, 2014BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
- OCTOBER 29, 2013BahamasDEATH PENALTY
the Bahamas Supreme Court handed down the death sentence
the Bahamas Supreme Court handed down the death sentence
- OCTOBER 9, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN URGED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged Caribbean countries that
- FEBRUARY 7, 2013BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Court of Appeal President Anita Allen has recommended...
Court of Appeal President Anita Allen has recommended...
- JANUARY 1, 2013BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder
- JANUARY 1, 2012BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2011BahamasDEATH PENALTY
a law (Penal Code Amendment Bill 2011) was published
a law (Penal Code Amendment Bill 2011) was published
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011BahamasDEATH PENALTYBAHAMAS: DEATH SENTENCES TOSSED
the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas ordered a retrial and quashed the 2010 death sentences
- AUGUST 12, 2011BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED BY PRIVY COUNCIL
the London-based Privy Council overturned the death sentence of Bahamas national
JULY 11, 2011BahamasDEATH PENALTYBAHAMAS: GOVT POSTPONES AMENDED DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION
the Bahamas government postponed the introduction of amended death penalty legislation
- JUNE 20, 2011BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: GOVERNMENT PLANS LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN DEATH SENTENCES
the Government in the Bahamas plans to introduce capital punishment legislation which will strengthen
- JUNE 14, 2011BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: MAXO TIDO DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
the Privy Council overturned convicted murderer Maxo Tido's death sentence.
- DECEMBER 14, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: DOUBLE MURDER CONVICTION AND DEATH SENTENCE QUASHED
Justices George Newman, Stanley John and Abdulai Conteh of the Bahamas Court of Appeal quashed the death sentence of Frank Alphonso Pinder.
JUNE 23, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTYBAHAMAS: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in the Bahamas, Justice Neville Adderley sentenced Renaldo Bonaby to death for murder.
- MAY 5, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: ANDROSIAN GETS DEATH PENALTY
Alphonso Pinder, 33, from Andros in the Bahamas...
- MARCH 16, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
Freeport residents Edwin Bauld Jr. and Wilfred McPhee Jr. were sentenced to death Acting Justice Jethro Miller in the Bahamas for murdering Grand Bahama police officer Eddison Bain.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: MAN TEMPORARILY ESCAPES HANGMAN
the Bahamas government stayed the execution of Godfrey Sawyer because he filed an appeal.
- JANUARY 11, 2009BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP CONDEMNS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a Christian faith leader in the Bahamas declared that capital punishment needs to be abolished and other alternatives for punishment considered
- JANUARY 1, 2009BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
The death penalty is mandatory for murder. Treason and piracy are also capital crimes.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: LOCKHART MURDER APPEAL DISMISSED
the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas dismissed the appeal by Ernest Lockhart against his conviction and death sentence.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: TIDO MURDER APPEAL DISMISSED
the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas dismissed the appeal against the murder conviction and death sentence of Maxo Tido.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
Cordell Farrington had his murder conviction and death sentence quashed by the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas.