PM Patterson favours another conscience vote
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has indicated his willingness to allow government legislators to vote, according to conscience, whether to retain or abolish the death penalty, rather than adhere to party position. "I think the time has come for that,"...
Guts to hang
FORGET THE party whips. More politicians on both sides of the House of Representatives prefer hanging for persons convicted of capital murder.
Move to clear 400 cases against cops
THE POLICE is moving swiftly to clear a backlog of cases against some 400 cops who have been charged with internal breaches. Many of these men have been suspended or interdicted, seen significant salary cuts and blacklisted with regard to promotion.
Four youths shot dead in Kingston
THREE YOUNG men of St. Benedicts Heights, Harbour View, were shot dead in the wee hours yesterday morning, and a 13-year old girl killed in Kingston. Reports from the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) Metro Officer are that about 12:50 a.m, a...
Yes, hang them!
DR. MAVIS Gilmour, a former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member of Parliament voted against hanging in 1979. "I think the death penalty is not something I would say should never be used now," she told The Sunday Gleaner yesterday. "Some of the murders...
Urban crime has rural roots
ONE OF the most intriguing features of the local crime scene is the tendency for hardened criminals to be discovered hiding in deep rural communities. Whether it be in the bucolic hills of St. Ann or the misty valleys of St. James...
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