Capital punishment in Jamaica
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Capital Punishment in Jamaica
is legal. The Jamaican Parliament had placed a moratorium on it until 2009 when it was lifted. Currently, the only crime punishable by death is aggravated murder. The method of execution is hanging
. The last person executed in Jamaica was Nathon Foster who was convicted of murder. As of 2009, capital punishment is legal and the executions in Jamaica will resume.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
is legal. The Jamaican Parliament had placed a moratorium on it until 2009 when it was lifted. Currently, the only crime punishable by death is aggravated murder. The method of execution is hanging
Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
. The last person executed in Jamaica was Nathon Foster who was convicted of murder. As of 2009, capital punishment is legal and the executions in Jamaica will resume.