Jamaica
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 · Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains...
- News items in the archive
- 122
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Jamaica 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 122 news items on Jamaica, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty, but for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
During a mission to Jamaica, Hands off Cain met with...
During a mission to Jamaica, Hands off Cain met with the Commissioner of Correction John E