NASSAU, Bahamas — Attorney General Carl Bethel revealed yesterday that the government is considering enacting constitutional changes to preserve capital punishment as an effective penalty under the law, a move that might require a referendum, the Nassau Guardian reported on July 24.
Bethel’s revelation came one day after Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis reiterated his support for resumption of hangings.
“I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but I think the prime minister’s firm statements [published] today really caused me to say, ‘Maybe this is a time for us to move,’” the attorney general said when called for comment.
“This is the way things work, you know. Ideas bounce off each other. The prime minister was very firm in his statement and that gave me the impetus to start to actually crystalize things that I’ve been thinking of. Now, it is a question of going to the draftspeople and seeing what we can come up with and moving on that basis…”
https://thenassauguardian.com/2018/07/24/govt-will-address-death-penalty-issue/
