Ministry of Education - Ragged Is. All Age School

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Duncan Town
Ragged Island, Bahamas

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Appeal court suggests Penal Code amendment should be reconsidered

The Court of Appeal has suggested that the government reconsider an amendment to the Penal Code which purports to define a life sentence.

The appellate court highlighted problems created by the 2011 amendment that was designed to remove the uncertainty of a life sentence by defining it as the remainder of an offender's life, in the case of Angelo Poitier, who was sentenced to life for the Octob...

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