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Crime in T&T, Death Penalty, General T&T, Law, Parliament, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics, Violence

PNM’s Retrograde Death Penalty Politics

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By Dr. Kwame Nantambu
March 05, 2011

HangingMonday, 28 February 2011 will not only live in infamy but it will also be recorded as one of the darkest days in the history of public policy decision-making process in T&T. This historic, albeit unforgettable, day witnessed the opposition PNM voting against the constitutional amendment to resume hanging as the most effective penalty/punishment/deterrent for murder.
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Crime in T&T, Death Penalty, General T&T, Law, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics, Security

To Hang or Not?

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Hanging
Hanging
July 20, 2010

Don’t Hang Them
Verna St Rose-Greaves, who has been named Special Advisor on Children’s Affairs to Prime Minister Kamla Persasd-Bissessar, is against the People’s Partnership’s current moves to return to the hangman, saying she will not compromise on her views that capital and corporal punishment have no place in a civilised society.
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