Raphael John-Lall

"This a small is­land and look at the high mur­der rate...We have to deal with this now." Michael An­nisette, pres­i­dent of the Na­tion­al Trade Union Cen­tre (Natuc) stat­ed that there was no "em­pir­i­cal ev­i­dence" to show that cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment led to a re­duc­tion in crime. "Those in au­thor­i­ty have to stop play­ing on the coun­try's emo­tions by say­ing that hang­ing will stop crime," he said. "They have to go in­to homes and look at the youths and see why they join gangs."