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LEGISLATORS are concerned about the impact higher minimum sentences for murder will have on the country's two high-security prisons — St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre and the Tower Street Ad...
Today, October 26, 2023, marks the 35th anniversary of a monumental ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the Irish State in the case of Norris v Ireland. The decision had been five years in the making, but it was one which would irrevocably change the landscape of LGBTQ+ rights in this…
CHILDREN’S ADVOCATE Diahann Gordon Harrison has cautioned against any legislative move to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years for children convicted of capital murder. According to Gordon Harrison, a mandatory minimum that is absolute...
JUSTICE Minister Delroy Chuck is holding fast to his view that children of a certain age who are convicted of capital murder should serve a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison before being elig...
THE delicate issue of how to deal with children who commit murders remained a key area of deliberations for legislators on Tuesday. Under the Child Care and Protection (Amendment) Act, 2023, now ...