TNAG-0602-FCO40-750-Capital-punishment-in-Dependent-Territories-1977 — Page 120

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

NOTES ON NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS AND REPRIEVES IN DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

RETAINING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN RECENT YEARS

Bahamas (Independent 1974)

1958-68 12 Executions (no Appeals)

1969

1971

1 Execution

I Reprieve (The WAIRN lase)

1 Execution

Bermuda

1944-77

No Executions though 7 Sentences passed between 1958-77 (in addition to the 2 present cases)

Belize

1958-73

6 Executions 8 Reprieves

1974

1 Execution

1975

1 Reprieve

1977

British Virgin Islands

1 Reprieve

1972

1 Execution

Others (unspecified) have been commuted

Cayman Islands

1958-73 No Death Sentences

1974-77

None

Hong Kong

1956

5 Executions

1957

5 Executions

1958

4 Executions

1959

7 Executions

1960

3 Executions

1961

5 Executions

1962

4 Executions

1966

2 Executions

1967-77

None

/Montserrat

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