Murder and military offenses are capital crimes

Murder and military offenses are capital crimes. Belize is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal. In 1997 there were many controversial cases in Belize on the rights of condemned men to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Belize courts tend to deny prisoners this right, in fact. The last execution was held in 1985.