THE BAHAMAS. POLICE CHIEF WANTS HANGINGS

"I am an advocate of hanging and it’s a pity that it’s [not being carried out]," Commissioner of Police Paul Farquharson told The Bahama Journal.
"The last person who was [hanged] in The Bahamas was in January of 2000 and I think that’s far too long. I only wish that we could re-institute it. That’s my position. They have been sentenced to death and as far as I’m concerned, the law should be carried out. Now all the gaps that prevent that from happening rests with some other agencies."
Farquharson said he believed that hangings served as a deterrent.
"Anyone who takes a life, they should be prepared that their life should go as well," the police commissioner said. "As long as there’s a fair trial and the evidence is there and the person is lawfully convicted and lawfully sentenced, I think the law should be carried out."
Asked whether he thought hangings were inhumane, Farquharson said, "That’s what some people say, but my position is that I am very [much] in favour of hanging, very much in favour, but if the lawmakers decide that they would remove it, then we as a force would have to abide by that." "Legal ramifications around the whole question of hanging seem to indicate that eventually it might be abolished in The Bahamas," Farquharson added.