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AN 19/4.
Dependent Territories: Capital Punishment
Introduction
1. I have been reviewing the case for taking action to abolish capital punishment in those of our Dependent Territories where the death penalty for murder is still retained. The last execution in a Dependent Territory was in 1977, but there are 13 cases pending, any one of
which could result in an execution. In Anguilla a decision by the Governor on an execution date is already
overdue, and in the Caymans, where several cases are pending a new gallows has just been completed.
2. I believe that we would face considerable criticism
in Parliament and in the media if any execution did take
place and I have concluded that we should not simply rely
upon the personal decision of the Governors to commute as in the past.
I have therefore considered in which
territories we should abolish capital punishment and how best to achieve it with the minimum of controversy both
in the territories and in the UK.
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