Capital_punishment_in_the_Bahamas

Capital punishment in the Bahamas

Capital punishment in the Bahamas

Capital punishment in the Bahamas

Capital punishment in the Bahamas is a legal punishment, and is conducted by hanging at Fox Hill Prison.[1] The last execution in the country was on January 6, 2000.[1] As of August 2012, only one convict, Mario Flowers, was under the sentence of death. Flowers' death sentence was commuted in 2016.[2] Since independence from Britain, it has carried out more than a dozen executions.

List of executions

This list is currently complete from 1976.

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "AMERICAS | Bahamas convict executed". BBC News. 6 January 2000. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Death Row nearly empty". The Nassau Guardian. 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
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    "The Telegraph - Google News Archive Search". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013.
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    "Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive Search". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
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    "Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013.
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    "Americas | Two executed in Bahamas despite appeal". BBC News. 15 October 1998. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2015-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    "National Notes". Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved February 14, 2013.


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