Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said before moving to implement capital punishment one has to obtain sufficient feedback from the public and examine international human rights.
“When I called for it as prime minister some time ago I was heavily criticized by the same public who is now calling for it,” Skerrit said, adding that capital punishment is a hot debate – one which will continue.
Speaking on yesterday’s DBS radio programme, Talking Point, with two other guests, the prime minister said government will also be examining state agencies and the standing regime of legislation and decide which ones need to be further defined and what new legislation needs to come into play.
National Security Minister Charles Savarin and Acting Police Commissioner Cyril Carrette were the other guests on the programme, which was used to address the recent upsurge in the murder rate, in which six people were killed in two weeks. Savarin later that day released an official statement addressing crime in Dominica.
“The persons who commit the crime must be held responsible and if we give people the impression that the police or someone else should be then we have to be very careful,” the prime minister said.
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Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the killing of a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offense. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences.
Frederick Newton, the head of the Dominica Defence Force (DDF), is the only person to have been executed by Dominica as an independent state. He was executed in 1986 for organising an attempted coup d’état in 1981 that resulted in the death of a police officer.
He was hanged in Roseau.
Don’t hang them. Build a jail in the countryside and make those murderers work until they die. Let them make blocks,banisters ect. Let them work for the Gov’t to make money.
Dear Mr.Prime Minister, at this point, the death penalty is imminent, no question about it. Please bring it back. Thank you, if possible next year.God will bless you.
Not going to help……..If anything make it worse……I believe if a man makes up his mind to do a crime with fear of being hanged, the arresting officers will feel the brunt of it all because at that instant…that man has. nothing. to. lose………
states in america where capital punishment is currently implemented show a far lower crime rate than states who do not implement capital punishment… hint hint d/ca capital punishment = good
This Priminister is so naively out of touch…Its about time he comes out of this virtual world unwhittingly confusing fact with fiction.” Bringing in the death penalty wont do anything to stem the upsurge in crime on the island”. Criminals will only become more creative in their criminal behavior than become more responsible civil citizens…If this priminister is genuingly concern about the crime situation on the island he to first of all address the spiralling and cronic lack of jobs in the country. ” As we are well aware lack of jobs poverty and squalor brings with it undoughtably high incident of persons falling on the wrong side of the law” period! Hanging wont solve a thing! And he needs to lead by example and demonstrate humblenest and humility. How in the world are our young men and women are supposed to respond when thier own priminister and his other government coffers lavishly parade in expensive suv’s brandishing and promoting material gain most appallingly while the poor country continues to suffer and is becoming increasingly overrunned by haitian and chinesse nationals . So of course these young men will do anything do aquire material gain by any means neccessary for after all our own government is setting the stage so our young people regects the idea of conduct discpline and industry and believes that just like their representative that with a little bit of luck and carefull juggling they to can make it out. Sadly in the meantime the country dies and we restore back to more years of meaningless relavance as our leaders lacks the moral conviction to make the tough choices that will ultimately leave the country a better place for our children to inherit. The death penalty is a completely ridiculous and unreasonably proposition and it is no more than just political demagoguery to appeal to the public desires and prejudices rather than using reasoned and practical steps to tackle the problem. This leader is no more than a “circus clown” and sadly the slob like degenerate public are so dumb they dont even realize how much of a nuisance their priminister really is…..
this situation is very hard 2 decide but we are living in a time where no one care about any-thing they just believe that they have right 2 kill how they want and there family still encouraging them. what did the french lady they killed in bense did 2 those that kill. The 2 innocent children there mother killed and so many other’s that died innocently ,so many abortion ,killing is like a game in our country .Our country is getting worst than many crime countries.So all those negatif thinking people stop speaking none sense about people following the pm minister my cross is 4 the most high i don’t vote. I speak 4 the suffering in our countries.
i disagree….u all should have them hand coth in foot and hands ans even in there neck to,and make them work fix the road and keep da clean.
My question what if it do happens that hanging comes back.” but the crime rate remains, what will be your virdicts then ? What if it was an accident of self defence , does your family deserve to die for protecting their lives . Let’s not think inside the box only , but also outside of it . The government is funded for jailing criminals , so dont say It’s your money , cause It’s not . If it was so , everyone would have Big house nice car business booming etc…. Folks that kills rentlessly should get life inprisonment without visitation <> This boils to the same thing everyone must die some day, and this gives Gods words respect . We dont need an Island filled with spirits running around condeming the place , but the place needs law imposed that would be followed. We are in the 20th century not 12 century , so wake up cause the whole world is watching us , not me We. So Mr Skerrit hope that your taking notes , I am a candidate watching closely . For the people I’m strongly considering running in the Government down there , we need leaders that truly care for our people . If this is my faith that God want’s, Ill be there. So think of how your running the place , and do your best for our people.
Yes what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, we do not have money to feed murders
in jail, who live by the sword shall die by the sword, bring back hanging so Dominica can be nice again when i come on vacation i am afraid to go out and enjoy myself i have no idea what will happen to me. can you bring back hanging tomorrow,
why can’t he bring down the poverty,starving n illiterate,rate.thats the best thing the pm find to do for the country.i wonder if the pm jump of a cliff,if his followers will do it to.
BRING BACK DE HANGING…SHAITT MAN
@Labour Power: Opposition not interested in that. Only bin bobol.
I am against Captital Punishment. I do not even believe that serial murders should be executed. Every individual should get a chance at reformation. If it is medically proven (which it won’t be) that said person cannot be changed, then life in prison is always the next best thing.
Maybe the Caribbean should have 1 major prison for all sentenced to life in prison – let them rot in a jail cell instead.
Finally – Skerrit waking up!!!!!
Thank you Mr. Prime Minister – For taking this issue to the next level.
Dominica need to have this option.
We might never use it, but we need it as a deterrent to these knuckle-heads, wanna-be gangstas, running around our country trying to be “Dominica Most Wanted”
Thank you Mr. Skerrit – lets hope there isn’t too much opposition to this initiative.
Damn – I feel good this morning. “God Bless Dominica First,
and later for the rest of those hypocrites, who would kill a baby in a womb,
but are too coward to put a murderer in a well deceived tomb.”
Thank You Dominica – Now let’s start taking our country back from a place where Crime Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Mr Jiggles:
what do you mean? so the person that commited the act did what? send the person to hibernate.
I think the person who commits the murder should be tied to the dead with no food no water nothing whatsover until he dies also.Isn’t that a good way of punishing? then some would learn a lesson.
I fully support the death penalty.
For all those complaing that an innocent person might go to jail, PLEASE, what u think? A quarter of a million people that in Dominica? When someone commits a crime, majority of the time before police hold the person, everyone already know who they are.
I cannot imagine someone murdering a family memeber of mine, and before five years past I seeing the person roaming the island laughing, enjoying them selves having a dandy time and my people in a grave rottening. NEVER!! Those murders think is a joke because as far as they concern people don’t stay long in prison.
I think prison is too much like a retreat, it’s like they go up there to relax, they don’t have to worry where their next meal going to come from, they have no bills to be bothered with. I think they should have some serious punishmnet for non-murder crimes, ex: go and weed at one 1:00pm and make sure is a hot day not shirt, somebody building a house , hey free labor. You are a theif , give u a big sign and put you infront of the place you stole, give you a job to wash down infront of the business every morning. Those people should be miserable, they should regrette.
only God alone have the rights to take a life an give one,but these people thats doing the crimes need a wake up call,its time that WE DOMINICANS stand up an put right where it need to be dont send these people to jail for them to get more fat than me,you take a life,we the people take yours.
Dear P M the whole country is in favour of hanging listen to the word of God Gen.9:6 whoso sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed.Exodus 21:12And he that smite a man,so that he die,shall be surley put to death.So please bring back the rope again start hanging in this country that is the only thing that will save the country.
@in pain: i don’t necessarily agree with you there. Our little island is too small to support and feed all these murderers for life. My tax dollars should be put to better use than that. No. You man enough to kill, you should be man enough to take your punishment.
When I called for it as prime minister some time ago I was heavily criticized by the same public who is now calling for it………..
Mr Skerrit, the same people that saying things tight in Dominica is the same people that putting you back in office……….. Coincidental???……..Get used to it… U should be happy we stupid
Life in prison isn’tworst for the killers , life in prison is eating ,drinking sleeping & be merry,the niddle is good too.
I support the death penalty to much killings in our small beautiful Island,
This is serious topic.. THE WEAK WILL GO. ONLY THE STRONG WILL SURVIVE.
@curious: amen
the government of dominica is always one step ahead of where they should be…they want to build an international airport but dont have roads to take people to and from there…..they build a stadium with no parking facilities…..before even thinking of capital punishment you first have to invest in the proper resources to aprehend the law breakers….too many unsolved crimes….and wrongful convictions…..measure twice cut once…..
yes skerro bring it!! we say our island sweet but ppl taking advantage of it now….say what allu want but if it will bring down d crime rate that will be good!!
@Prophet2:
the bible never say thou shall not kill..man just put that…it say thou shall not murder…how it can say thou shall not kill and in the time of the children of israel they use to go out to battle and fight and they kill many and God was on their side…i believe God see’s that certain killings are justifiable…but murder is a different case….for the wages of sin is death many to those who are christians and say they oppose the death penalty…when christ come he is goin to kill everybody who has committed wrong and did not change their life in a lake of fire…so at the end the wages of sin is death….i believe the death penalty should be implemented…it may not be the best but it will help to some extent…let us see wat happens next…i rest my case
jus sayin i’m not a supporter of no party,all of them are thief.
why they don’t hang the ministers that eatin da money,livin children hungry n uneducated.more than half the population cannot read n write,n all u worried bout capital punisment .all u so called pm has a european passport,wen he done with all u he will b gone.
From the mouth of the creator himself. The blood is the life of a person and if the blood is spilled the only way for the land to be healed is by that person’s blood,but thats in cases of premeditated murder. The creator said he require the blood of a person that was slain by the blood of the one that slew them so that evil will be put away from the land. Now if the creator said it who am I to go against it. He also said that ” as the haven above is higher than the earth; so to are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts”
I am for capital punishment, but What good is capital punishment if procecutors cannot get convictions?
@Dominica-London Base:
Believe me Dominica is a small community and everybody always knows who did it. Based on Dominica’s population how many innocent people do you think will go to the gallows? How many innocent people do you think are sitting in Dominica’s jail right now? It’s hard to get away with murder in Dominica; our population is two small for that. If he did it, he did it.
Further, muder is murder. I do not care what method or means was employed to commit the fatal act. People do go on crime sprees, one murderer inspires another. He got away with it, well so can I, they reason. Dominica needs to demonstrate that they cannot get away with it.
Capital punishment is supposed to deter these people. When they remember that there is a noose awaiting those who carelessly take the life of someone else, they will think twice. I remember some years ago in one of these Asian countries, an American young man was accused of defacing public property with graffiti. He was to be beaten with a cat-o-nine. Oh, there was public outcry and public rage, but that sovereign country did not back down. Dominica must do what is best for Dominica.
I hope that the Prime Minister bring it to Parliament and urge the opposition to give their views on the matter before implementing it. I think that it’s only fair to do soo. Voting for or against it is one thing but to bring collective minds to expound on the issue is another.
ANYTIME ALL YOU HAVE THE PAPER PASSING AROUND,CHECK ME….I WANT IT BAD….
@aight: What all u want!! What all u want!! Lord. Do something all u not satisfied. Don’t do all u still not satisfied.
People like you don’t have a heart at all. I don’t know what brain all u thinking Skerrit have. My pm is doing his best but all u not satisfied.
You know what happens to people who don’t have a heart like you!! They die because without a heart you cannot live!!
Nonsense!! Stop complaining everything our pm do man toneh!!!
Do you even know better? Just running your mouth and hating that’s all.
If you think you are so educated then why don’t you implement something to reduce crime?
@Deoborah: Here it will make a difference, because many people nowadays have the mentality that since is free murderers go already, we will not let them get chance on us, better they dead and I go free than vice versa. And that is why the tolerance level here had been all but eleminated. If people are sure they will be put to death, they will be less vile and aggresive
@Prophet2: Go back and read the bible, and when you see how many instances God said that the person should be put to death, you would not make that comment.
lethal inject…No Hanging!
Well if man decide to arbitiarilly take another man’s life, why society shouldn’t take his life back nah?
People are talking education and all that, this is good, but how much education going to deter man from making the easy money on the street? The only way we make money on the streets is by totally disregarding the lives of our customers and competitors you know. We do whatever it takes to keep the benjamins flowing, and then we doh wanna face the consequences?
It is a culture thing that needs to be broken and that is what needs the attention. Dominican youths it seems has lost the fear of punishment and is so inclined to chook, cut, shoot, and stab first and think or ask questions later. Some might say it is a television thing, while I don’t disagree, but Dominica is a small place. All man raise together and know each other and I don’t see how television influence could make me go and snuff out the life of my bredren. For what? Because I want the reputation as a bad man?
Some talk about the way people are raised in their home, but maybe with the threat of capital punishment looming, parents might start to keep their children closer to their bossoms fearing that they may be raising their children for the gallows. The threat of capital punishment makes a man think twice. No man wants to go out that way.
Now that capital punishment start being talked about, people start coming with human rights. Where are the human rights activists when you see the victim’s families bawling and moaning at the grave sight when they are burying their love ones? Or do you see them in the troubled areas after dark standing between the bad men and their gun shots? No, they only come after when is punisment time.
Ah Dominicans it seems all you want omlete but doh wanna break eggs….
It doesn’t matter what life throws at you, all man is responsible for his own self, and there comes a time when you have to ask yourself, ‘are you part of the solution or part of the problem?
Sorry if I come across as cold, but I am deeply troubled by the way that the country is turning out when it comes to crime.
It is a very simple math: you don’t wanna get executed, don’t kill your bredren, period!!!
Capital punishment does not deter crime. Before screaming for the prime minister to implement capital punishment I suggest looking at the few countries that still allow it and look at their rates of crime. Most of the world especially places with lower crime rates realize that capital punishment is barbaric and serves no purpose.
I firmly believe in capital punishment because it is a definite deterrent of crime. An eye for an eye comes from the bible. As long as criminals know that they will live to commit crimes again, we will have more than our share of crimes. I am sure that if capital punishment is resumed, it will definitely straighten many murderers. They will think twice before they act.
The fact that our young people regard dangerous weapons as part of the dress code is sick. Most young men get dressed; underwear, shirt, pants, shoes, knife, gun, cutlass, hat and shades. What is wrong with this picture? Not one of these murders occur when someone just picked up a weapon which was close at hand. All of these murderers were armed when they left their homes.
I say hang one, the rest will get the message. Victims and victim’s families need closure. They need a voice. Do you know how hard it is to see your son or daughter’s killer walking the streets? Think about that people. It is hard.
THOU SHALL NOT KILL> DO UNTO OTHERS AS U WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO U>
FROM THE MOMENT SOME ONE KILL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, WHO SO EVER BESIDES THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS CALLING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SHOULD ALL BE EXECUTED TOO AND THE SEQUENCE CONTINUES UNTILL A BIBLICAL DOC SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
GOD GIVETH AND HE ALSO TAKETH.
I AGREE WITH YOU PM…Is time we mke an example out of somebody…When we do it you will see how fast they will put their self in order
For years I have been asking the Government of Dominica to amend the Constittution. The death Penalty is one thing, however, if you do not have the right judicial system it becomes of know effect. What I mean by that. (1) you must have pepole with common sense of the law, they must have a clear understanting of evidence collection and, the protection of evidence, (2) clear understanding of interpretation of evidence, and a strong knowledge of how to present the evidence to the jury. (3) the recreation of a crime sense is the most powerful visual evidence a jury like to see in a court room, unfortunately the persecution need lots of help to represent the Government in a court case. I remember in 2005 after my son get killed in Dominica I went to the police station in Grrand-bay to investigate the chain of events the led to my son death, to my supprised the police took out the weapon that was used with his naked hand from his desk draw and showed me. I knew from that very moment that this case was lost. I went home and explained to my family what I experience with this case, and I asseured them that the individual will get away. they all thoughts that I did not love my son, most of them turn away from me. However, about two months later the case was dismissed. Death penalty case must be proven without a reasonal doubt that the person that is charge committed the crime, but I am afraid Dominica do not have such person to try death penalty cases. More training is need on the collection of evidence and protection of such evidence, also reporting writing is the key issue of the police department. And the most dangerous thing of the judicial system in Dominica is the dependent on one man to decide whether a case goes to trial or not. I think this is a very bad principle where law is concern. I in 2005 I had the opportunity to discuss that matter with the Primminster to chang that British Lawwe are not under the British. We are an Idependent Nation, so we can established uor own rules and law. We as a Nation should not have one man to make decisions wether a case should go to trail, or not this is right and need to take a very close look at. The Government of Dominica have the all the right to protect the Citizens of Dominica with all what it takes. There should not be a vote to evaluate whether or not Dominican need the death penalty, or not. Once the Government noice that killings are increasing they have to implement laws to safegard it Citizesn. I am hoping that we all can help bring back Dominica what it was 30-years ago. If you see something say something call the police.
You fools, stop talking nonsense about innocent people in Dominica or the other islands in the Caribbean will be hanged. These islands are too small for the law not to correctly find the culprit. Has anybody in Dominica or the other islands been innocently hanged? No, is the answer. And it does not matter, for others who feel that the death penalty is not a deterrent. Who cares? All we are doing is to make the punishment suit the crime. If that’s the way some people want to die, so be it – I say hang them at 7.00 o’clock in the morning at the Windsor Park. Sick of this nonsense, all these senseless murders.
If you can’t do the time, then don’t do the crime.That’s what i am talking about mr prime minister.Go ahead.
I have lost a family member to this heinous crime. But do i want the perps to die? No. However i do want them punished. what does that mean. It means that the police have to do a better job at investigating and finding evidence so that the case are all sorts of proof. It means that once found guilty whoever that person is will serve some serious time. One doesn’t get sent to prison for life and comes out 10 years after. That’s not life. If you go in when you’re 30 lets say for arguement sakes , you come out when you ready to go under. Period.
I think that the guilt of having killed someone is the worse form of punishment there is. No one not even one who is paid to kill legally or not can withhold that can of torment.
this is just a big joke. i would think that the main purpose of capital punishment would be to discourage others. tell me how effective is it in reducing crime.in my opinion life in prisonis worst than capital punishment.
stop playing with the uneducated minds mr pm. you can’t teach an old dog new tricks or may i say you can but it’s very difficult to do so. you majored in phycology in college. a child personality is well formed by the age of 7. you can look at a child’s behaivour and make a very good guess on what they are going to be like as adults. while crime is inevitable because we are living in a fallen world,our leaders can certainly try to reduce it. capital punishment is not one of those ways to reduce it. it has never worked in the past and it’s not ging to start working now.
oh and another thing, sometimes soemone is to be blamed. if a child is raised with no discipline by thier parents, wont the paents be blamed if this child turns out to be a deliuquent?
So I guess based on the way things go in the courts even to this day: just based on a bunch of circumstancial evidence, hearsay; subjectivity by a “jury of your peers” and a few smart-assed attorneys we will just impose capital punishment.
Well Skerro many men the world over, on deat row, have and continue to be set free after being wrongly/falsely convicted.
The Moral of the story? Modern Forensic science Roosevelt!!!!!!!! Boy, train and equip the police; as Chairman of CARICOM time and again boy push for changes in the laws boy. We know about CCJ and all and it will be better to address such at that level. We cannot expect to hang people using these same old laws eh. Remember court of appeal freed “Monga” and them: what if they were executed before to that?
Boss you remember that you too have a stake in the future of DA. Do your job boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Skerrit!!! One last question boy: how many youth-man in jail for weed boy? You know the answer well you know: TOO MANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Deoborah & jemmal: Capital punishment isn’t the best thing. Killing someone isn’t the best thing either. when someone is being killed, i guess it would be a traumatic experience too. Especially for the victim family&witness. Capital punishment wont stop murder or capital offenses. However, it should be an indicator to criminals and the lawless that there’s a stiff penalty for such offenses.
I support the capital punishment. now in the year 2010 and beyond.
@Prophet2: the bible also says obey the laws of the land! an eye for an eye etc…. many of us take certain writings in he good book as right but ignore the others. just saying there is always two ways to look at things
@Deoborah: when it happens to your loved one u will feel a difference.
God reated life, but mankind acts as though they are the ones who give u life.Why should they kill and they want to remain alive. For what? just for fame, hang there ass upsided down so there blood will run like when an animal is being killed for consumption.Skeritt hang them so another one will not end up in the wild wild west.
I have some experience relating to the carrying out of the execution of the death penalty. It is a very traumatic experience for everyone involved, the court personnel, the executioner and the prisioners on the compound where the prisoner is being executed. That is why executions take a very long time in Dominica, causing the death penalty to be reduced in many cases to imprisonment for life. All of the blood that would be shed in Dominica if were to execute all the recent murderers awaiting trial in addition to those already on death row would be too much blood shed for a small country like Dominica, where every one is inter-connected. When the murders are fresh in our mind we all want necks to hang, but later on when we have cooled down it is difficult to imagine killing someone in such an inhumane manner. There is no conclusive evidendence that death by hanging prevents persons from committing murder or any other crime punishable by capital punishment.
Killing is killing, no matter who does it. So many hypocrite Christians, your Bible states: Thou shall not kill but you still want capital punishment…that’s killing.
I am happy that this is coming to light now. It is true that he organized the coup but they did not hang Patrick John. They wanted to make and example and they used the poor man to do so.
Why does Skerrit need a vote?! We are never asked to vote on anything else so why now, and why capital punishment? I voted for the administration but that does not mean that I have to stomach the crap that you did out at times Mr. Skerrit.
Capital punishment is necessary! When an man takes the life of another brutally and with malice he should be hung! If the three killed their brother they all should face the rope!
yesss hang dem by dey balllzzzz
I say HELLLLZZ YEAAAHHHH….go ahead n do it…about damn time!!!!
i am all for the death punishment of persons who commit murder and i urge the people of dominica to agree as well
there is too many murders in dominica and not harsher punishement for the murderers
we use to criticise the caribs and refer to them as savages
so far i have not heard of any murders in the carib reserve amongts the caribs
keep this as a lesson
now we cooking on gas!
does any one here understand the term capital punishment and capital offences… i think that we dominicans should know better. capital punishment wont change the situation in dominica. i think that we need judicial reform rather. as we all know the situationis not with the people as we have all our murder cases walking right out.. these are people that have been caught,,,, with evidence and all kind of witnesses, at the end those ppl walk because the procecution cannot deliver their cases.. and the defense lawyers doe mining them big checks i think that is where they should start there money laundering investigation and their tax evasion,,,
i suspect that dno that have to put them on the spot..
only god should create and destory life……………. thou shall not kill
What about public flogging. Whoop their rasss
I am against capital punishment. i believe that every one has a right to life,human life is so valuable that even the worst murderers should not be deprived of the value of their lives even those who commit murder; sentencing a person to death and executing them violates that right.innocent people will get killed, because of mistakes Witnesses, prosecutors and jurors can all make mistakes. human life is so valuable that even the worst murderers should not be deprived of the value of their lives.
We really need to think about it. And right now more than ever before we need capital punishment to decrease the high rise in crime and violence in our society.
If this was implemented before just maybe the death rate would not be as high as it is today. People would think of the punishment. Jail is not a punishment but a place we can sit and dine
WHO FEELS IT KNOWS IT. A REFERANDOM IS THE BEST TO KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. SECURITY PEACE RESPECT AND SATISFACTION .
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Personally I am and would be very careful here because one can go to the gallows and they are innoncent. Then many, many years after this act is carried out they would found out that the person is innocent.
I know we are all calling for the capital punishmnet , but please we have to think carefully and really ascertain (JUdges or Magistrates) as to whether that peson or persons is really guilty or innoncent before sending them to the gallows.
hi want it bad, and i want it to put in place as quick as posible.
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz put that capital punishment in place
mr prime minister.
I am totally for the death penalty and voted yes, Mr. Prime Minister. If we don’t use it, then it gives the thugs and hoodlums free rein to gallavant about the place killing people for no reason. The death penalty is a deterrent, only if we use it. If we don’t use it, then it does not become a deterrent. We talk of the human rights of thugs and hoodlums; what about the human rights of the persons whom they killed. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, Mr. Prime Minister. That’s why murders are rampant in St Lucia and Antigua and St. Kitts today. Why? The death penalty is not being applied, that’s why. Too many senseless murders in the region, the judges announce the death penalty in court, the governments rescind the death penalty at the table – this is nonsense, Mr PM. Time to act. We need a peaceful region. Let’s get rid of the thugs and hoodlums once and for all. I bet you the day they gonna be hanged, they will be all crying and begging for mercy. Hang them all, Mr PM.
Its sad that it must come to this, but i’m for it. Its depressing to see my country come to this. Our youth running all over the place committing crimes, not to mention wickedness in high places(the upper class). Parents and family members, care for each other. The death penalty will not resolve the issues taking place at homes that cause some of these things to happen. A nations problems involving its people always starts at home. We have way too many dead beat dads (and moms) here. Stop leaving your kids to be raised by the television or by their friends. I see too many parents out there trying to be their children’s “friends” INSTEAD OF BEING THEIR PARENTS. And please don’t blame the government, a government is nothing without the strength of its people, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE.
you all don’t want people to kill and you all want to kill that not right in god eyes.we did not give life why should take it away theres alot of other things for the PM to take care off in dominica,people need work to do and a better place to live. death penalty is not the way to go it is going to bring more chaos in the island.poor people need help in d/ca mr PM they need food and water do some thing about that to check PM
As much as I would love to say Yes I cannot in good conscience
A life is something precious and sometimes persons are falsely accused and regardless of how obvious something may seem people can quite possibly be framed
You can make up for imprisoning someone for a number of years but you can never make amends for taking a life. I feel if we had a crime lab or a much more intricate and error proof way of convicting criminals but our society is based upon innocent until proven guilty and not vice versa
I believe that the minimum sentence should be changed for crimes and a daily public flogging should be included though I do believe that there are crimes worthy of capital punishment I don’t believe that decision should be placed in the hands of a solitary judge and jury
We are talking all of this in a time when it is getting hot on the island with regard to crime. We have forgotten that we have laws on the island with consequences. We need to work on the sentencing that is happening in Dominica. We have a lot of sentences that are not being fully used. If we do or allow the people responsible to do there jobs we can curb this crime surge.
In the past we have set a bad example with regard to sentencing in Dominica. No one takes things seriously in DA anymore.
i need to vote.how do i get there?
Wow, this is something to be seriously considered and well written as a bill n implemented as legislation if it is to be done. We could implement capital punishment, however some people may kill in self defence n could end up on death row. That’s the risk of that kind of punishment. If it is to be passed as legislation then we need to ensure that only the worse crimes are punishable by death n that judges should be given freedom of judgement on this rather than straight legislation n case law. We cannot have people being executed as a regular thing
I support capital punishment 100% you live by the sword you die by it…. There is too much killings and sensless crimes happening in my beautiful Dominica. Lets show these young people that we intend to keep Dominica the safe country that we grew in.
While i support the death penalty, it’s most definitely not the solution. I simply believe there are truly vicious crimes for which the ultimate price (your own life) must be paid. It won’t solve the problem of crimes though, especially when those who commit the crimes are willing to throw away their lives.
I believe we should stop looking at the murders as a whole, as if they were all similar cases (each one was quite different) and look at the underlining cause of those murders. More attention should be focus on attention on how to solve those issues. Prevention is better than cure afterall.