Grenada
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 · Grenada was a cosponsor of the amendments presented...
- News items in the archive
- 34
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Grenada 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 34 news items on Grenada, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2019GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2018GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2017GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2016GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2015GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2014GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2013GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
The death penalty can be applied for aggravated murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2012GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2011GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2010GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2009GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2008GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Grenada voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
GRENADA. THE PRIVY COUNCIL OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY FOR 13 PRISONERS
an London-based appeals court has overturned death sentences for 13 prisoners convicted of killing
- JANUARY 1, 2007GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2006GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2005GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- APRIL 11, 2004GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
The death penalty can be applied for murder.
- MARCH 16, 2004GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The Grenada High Court ruled that the death sentences...
The Grenada High Court ruled that the death sentences handed down in 1986 to the so called "Grenada 17" were unconstitutional
- JANUARY 1, 2003GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978,...
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978, when three men were hanged for rape and murder
- MARCH 15, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Several governments in the Caribbean are expected to...
Several governments in the Caribbean are expected to speed up plans to establish a regional court after a ruling by Britain's Privy Council that the mandatory death penalty is in violation of the constitutions of several countries
- MARCH 13, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries
- MARCH 11, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A Grenadian High Court judge ordered the immediate...
A Grenadian High Court judge ordered the immediate release of three men among a group originally sentenced to death for the 1983 murder of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and members of his Cabinet
- JANUARY 31, 2002GrenadaDEATH 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, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978,...
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978, when three men were hanged for rape and murder
- DECEMBER 17, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A prominent church leader was sentenced to death in...
A prominent church leader was sentenced to death in the murder of a 15-year-old girl who had attended his church for years
- APRIL 2, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Grenada 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)