Nassau, Bahamas - "I suggest that the time has come to bring finality to this issue in The Bahamas, and to give our citizens the opportunity to decide whether the death penalty should be retained as a mandatory, or as a discretionary punishment, or whether it should be abolished.

I encourage you to include the appropriate question on any Referendum you may recommend," said President of The Bahamas Court of Appeal, the Hon. Mrs. Justice Anita Allen, in her presentation before the Constitutional Commission on Thursday,  February 7, 2013.

Justice Allen said The Bahamas is not alone in dealing with this "legal conundrum"  and that some CARICOM countries, namely Barbados and Jamaica have amended their constitutions to retain aspects of the death penalty...