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Territory
Date of Independence
Date of Execution
Comments
We have no record of any executions since 1965
Barbados
1966
Canada
1931
Ditto
Fiji
1970
None
Grenada
1974
Jamaica
1962
Mauritius
1968
Capital punishment for murder was abolished in 1976.
All death sentences
commuted since 1965 with possible exception of one conviction in 1966.
We have no record of any executions since 1966.
No record of any execution since 1962.
None
Papua New Guinea
1973
None until 1973
Trinidad & Tobago
1962
May 1975
Four death sentences were imposed in 1972 but although no appeals are recorded for 1972 or 1973, no executions were carried out between 1965 and 1975 (the last year covered by our source).
A new Criminal Code introduced in November 1975 restricted the use of capital punishment to convictions for treason. In the period 1964-73, 77 sentences of death were "recorded". ie recommended for Royal Mercy by the sentencing court.
This was the case of Michael X (Michael de Freitas/Malik) who appealed unsuccessfully to the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council. This appeal was not connected with
the Prerogative of Mercy.
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