Since 13 August 1964 the following numbers of executions have. been carried out in British Dependent Territories. For comparison, the numbers of reprieves grunted in capital cases in the saine period is also shown.
A.
PRESENT UK DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
Territory
B•
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Hong Kong
Montserrat
Solomon Islands*
* Death penalty abolished 1966
Executions
Reprieves
2
12
2
1
1
3
2
99
Nil
1
Nil:
1
FORMER TERRITORIES WHICH HAVE BECOME INDEPENDENT SINCE 12 AUSIST 1964
Country
Executions'
Gambiu
Nil
Reprievest
5
British Guina (now Guyana)
3
Nil
Bechuanaland (now Botswana)
9
4
Basutoland (now Lesotho)
3
Nil
Burbados
3
1
Fiji
Bahamas
1
3
12
Seychelles*
Nil
527
Full information is not available in respect of Aden and Swaziland, and of the territories which now form the West Indian Associated States.
+These figures are for the period 13 August 1964 up to
independence only.
*Death penalty abolished 1963