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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Leaders of Caricom have vowed to keep the death penalty regardless of opposition from International agencies. Speaking at the recently concluded Special Summit on Crime in Trinidad and Tobago, chairman of Caricom and the Conference, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, reiterated that the death penalty would be carried out. "Speaking for myself and the Bahamas we have a number of appeals pending and should the appeals court determine that the sentence of death may be carried out, we intend to do so." Ingraham said. The leaders also decided to develop wire-tapping legislation which, according to Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, is "absolutely necessary." The Caricom leaders agreed to he development of a regional witness protection programme to prevent the current trend of criminals murdering and or intimidating witnesses of crimes. |
