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that the decision of the Governor should be upheld, the man
on the spot being in the best position to consider all the
circumstances of a case. A reversal would only occur if a
miscarriage of justice appeared likely. (No such case is in
fact on record).
4. The present position in the British Virgin Islands is that
three men are at present held on murder charges ÷ two have been
committed for trial (probably in October) and the third is
awaiting committal hearings. Any conviction for murder invokes
an automatic sentence of death.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
7 August 1980
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