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Prerogative and Precedent: The Privy Council on Death Row

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2001

Ivan Hare
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As a result of previous appeals to the Privy Council from death row, many Caribbean States are in a difficult position. If they proceed to execution before the applicant has exhausted all possible avenues for seeking clemency, they may violate due process rights; if they delay the death penalty for too long, execution will constitute inhuman treatment. The latest and most significant of the recent decisions is Lewis & others v. Attorney-General of Jamaica [2000] 3 W.L.R. 1785.

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Case and Comment
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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 1 - 4
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2001

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