St. Lucia
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 · Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that...
- News items in the archive
- 51
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
St. Lucia 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 51 news items on St. Lucia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
APRIL 1, 2021St. LuciaDEATH PENALTYSAINT LUCIA JUSTICE MINISTER: ‘WE SHOULD USE THE DEATH PENALTY’
Justice and National Security Minister, Senator Hermangild Francis has said that the death penalty should be used in Saint Lucia, considering it remains on the law books, the Loop reported on 31 March 2021.
- JANUARY 1, 2020St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2019St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2018St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2017St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2016St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2015St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2014St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2013St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2012St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
in St Lucia, High Court Judge Kenneth Benjamin sentenced Michel ‘Bage’ Joseph
- JANUARY 1, 2011St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2010St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2009St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 23, 2008St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
the Stephenson King administration in St Lucia plans to propose new measures to reintroduce the death penalty after more than a decade
the Stephenson King administration in St Lucia plans to propose new measures to reintroduce the death penalty after more than a decade
- JANUARY 1, 2008St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Saint Lucia voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium..
Saint Lucia voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 16, 2006St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. PRIME MINISTER WANTS REFORM TO ENSURE DEATH PENALTY
St Lucia's prime minister called for constitutional reforms to ensure convicted murderers received the death penalty as part of a plan to stiffen penalties for violent offenders.
- JANUARY 1, 2006St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JULY 29, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. GOVERNMENT PREPARING TO RESUME HANGINGS
the Kenny Anthony administration was clearing the way for the resumption of hangings in St. Lucia in response to a violent crime wave that had been sweeping the country.
- MAY 23, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. CONVICTED MURDERERS WILL BE HANGED, PRIME MINISTER WARNS
St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony made it clear that his administration would not hesitate to hang convicted murderers, as the tiny Caribbean island struggled to tame a rising homicide rate.
- APRIL 27, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. AUTHORITIES WANT SPEEDY EXECUTION OF CONVICTED MURDERERS
St Lucia's National Security Minister Calixte George said that speedy executions of condemned murders would have a deterrent effect on violent crime.
- APRIL 16, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN. LEADERS INAUGURATE OWN COURT OF JUSTICE
Caribbean leaders inaugurated a court that would serve as the highest judicial body for much of the region, a step toward shedding their 170-year-old dependence on Britain's Privy Council that many had resented as a vestige of colonialism.
- APRIL 16, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. COUNTRY MAY RESUME HANGINGS, EDITORIAL
as St Lucia authorities continue to search for answers to the country's escalating murder/homicide rate, there is good indication that there will be a resumption of hangings.
- MARCH 24, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
Police Commissioner Ausbert Regis called for the resumption of executions in St Lucia as law enforcement authorities warned of tougher action to deal with a rising crime problem on the island.
- JANUARY 1, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- MAY 28, 2004St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)...
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Appeal Court upheld the death sentences imposed on Kim John and Francis Phillip in 2003 for murdering a Roman Catholic priest and a nun
- APRIL 11, 2004St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JULY 28, 2003St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
St Lucia's Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony told a one-day...
St Lucia's Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony told a one-day consultation on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the time had come for the Commonwealth Caribbean to engage in serious debate on the retention of the death penalty