Following the brutal murder of the son of a prominent...

Following the brutal murder of the son of a prominent politician between 22-23 June, the Bahamas Christian Council joined other groups calling for enforcement of the death penalty.
"What I am saying is that since the law says that they should be executed, until they take that law off the books executions should take place," said Rev Samuel Greene, the president of the Bahamas Christian Council.
He added that "any country that has a law on the books but does not have the will to enforce it is in bad shape".
Twenty-eight-year-old Mario Miller, son of Trade and Industry Minister Leslie Miller, was brutally killed over the weekend. In an immediate reaction, his father deplored the crime situation in the Bahamas and called for capital punishment to be re-introduced.
In support of Miller's call, the Christian council president also said laws should be enforced, despite the views of the special interest groups.
"Special groups or no special interest groups, you cannot seek to persuade the authorities to bypass our laws. Laws are there to govern this country and therefore ought to be carried out," said the religious spokesman.
Opposition Senator Desmond Bannister has also urged the government to make its position clear on capital punishment.
During his contribution to the budget debate on June 25, the Free National Movement senator noted that the attorney-general and two members of cabinet had expressed their opposition to the death penalty and called for the Progressive Liberal Party government to clearly state its position on the matter.
So far in 2002, 30 people have been murdered in the Bahamas.
The last hanging to take place in the Bahamas was David Mitchell's on January 6, 2000.