The Capital Punishment Issue Related Links: Deportees Letters Menu Archival Menu Fostering a killing field May 20, 2007 Ten years since last execution May 8, 2007 A new look at the old flaws in capital punishment November 18, 2006 Death Row nearing capacity May 10, 2004 Legal challenges defer hangings June 29, 2003 Twenty-two death row inmates await constitutional hearing November 25, 2002 Death penalty advisory board appointed October 17, 2002 Cabinet approves appointment of new Council on the Prerogative of Mercy October 17, 2002 Long-time death row inmate Yassin dies October 14, 2002 New issue raised delays hearing on challenged judges August 1, 2002 Persaud clarifies position on capital punishment June 14, 2002 Court will hear motion by Yasseen and Thomas June 5, 2002 Craig gets death sentence for Linden wharf murder May 30, 2002 Two women among 23 convicts on death row February 17, 2002 Convicted murderer Yasseen testifies against Chancellor June 11, 2000 Convicted murderer Yasseen testifies against Chancellor May 11, 2000 Yasseen, Thomas can testify in contempt case April 28, 2000 Jurisdiction issue hotly contested in contempt case April 15, 2000 State granted further time to file affidavits March 23, 2000 Full Court accuses appellate Bench of ridicule, humiliatio March 16, 2000 Appellate Court bound by Full Court ruling March 7, 2000 Thomas, Yasseen appeal adjourned March 7, 2000 Lawyers group raps senior judges over harsh remarks March 4, 2000 Court of Appeal vs Full Court March 4, 2000 Judges told to remain silent March 3, 2000 Ex parte approach should not have been allowed March 3, 2000 'This is eye-pass' - Court of Appeal judges claim March 2, 2000 Four murderers get stays of execution February 7, 2000 All in place for hanging of four February 6, 2000 Yassin and Thomas in new Constitutional motion January 19, 2000 Thomas, Yasseen get further reprieve December 21, 1999 Court to rule on Yasseen, Thomas appeal on Dec. 20 December 7, 1999 Full Court to rule on December 20 December 2, 1999 Right to life could be taken away by state November 30, 1999 Full Court accepts jurisdiction in Yassin, Thomas appeal November 26, 1999 Ramson contends Yassin, Thomas at wrong appellate forum November 23, 1999 Registry's tardiness further delays Yasseen, Thomas appeal November 5, 1999 Lawyers for Yasseen, Thomas file appeal October 23, 1999 Stay of execution denied October 19, 1999 Case dismissed but Yassin, Thomas get more leave October 19, 1999 Decision on Thomas, Yasseen stay of execution Oct. 18 October 9, 1999 Nothing inhuman about Yassin, Thomas hanging October 6, 1999 Lawyers for Yasseen, Thomas to call psychiatrists October 6, 1999 Appeal court definition of undue delay should be used October 5, 1999 Ramson argues for judicial restraint on executive policy October 2, 1999 Thomas, Yasseen benefited from full gamut of legal redress October 1, 1999 Judge threatens lawyers amidst reported gun threat September 30, 1999 Mercy committee composition, judge's ruling questioned September 28, 1999 Thomas, Yasseen case Arguments on stay of execution set for Friday September 18, 1999 Government committed to provisions for capital punishment September 18, 1999 Stay of execution in Thomas, Yasseen case extended to Sunday September 17, 1999 Hearing of death row convicts application begins tomorrow September 15, 1999 Thomas, Yasseen get four-day reprieve September 13, 1999 Last ditch effort underway to save Yasseen, Thomas September 12, 1999 Yassin, Thomas to be hanged Monday September 11, 1999 Going for the hanging option September 11, 1999 Two to hang Monday September 11, 1999 Death row hangings to resume April 10, 1999 The Death Penalty Debate and Police Brutality in Guyana A © page from: Guyana: Land of Six Peoples