Bermuda
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · A charge of premeditated murder carries a mandatory...
- News items in the archive
- 26
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Bermuda is classified as Abolitionist 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 26 news items on Bermuda, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2019BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2018BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2017BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2016BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2015BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2014BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2013BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2012BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2011BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2010BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2009BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2008BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2007BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2006BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2005BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- APRIL 11, 2004BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
The death penalty was abolished in 2000.
- JANUARY 1, 2003BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2002BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2001BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
- JANUARY 7, 2000BermudaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Thorold Masefield signed the bill abolishing...
Governor Thorold Masefield signed the bill abolishing the death penalty and flogging in Bermuda
- JANUARY 1, 2000BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was carried out in 1997, when two...
The last execution was carried out in 1997, when two men, Buck Burrows and Larry Tacklyn, were hanged for murdering the territorial governor
- DECEMBER 20, 1999BermudaDEATH PENALTY
On December 20, the Bermudan Senate voted by a narrow...
On December 20, the Bermudan Senate voted by a narrow margin to abolish the death penalty
- DECEMBER 16, 1999BermudaDEATH PENALTY
On December 16, the Bermudan House of Assembly voted...
On December 16, the Bermudan House of Assembly voted to abolish hanging and flogging in the British territory after debating the controversial proposal well into the night
- MARCH 1, 1999BermudaDEATH PENALTY
In March, in a formal proposal, the United Kingdom...
In March, in a formal proposal, the United Kingdom said its 13 remaining colonies must scrap the death penalty, drop laws against homosexuality and end secretive banking rules if they want the prestige and security of remaining British
- JANUARY 1, 1999BermudaDEATH PENALTY
A charge of premeditated murder carries a mandatory...
A charge of premeditated murder carries a mandatory death penalty in Bermuda, but the Governor General is allowed to commute all death sentences to life imprisonment