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Henfield v The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (Appeal No 26 of 1996) and Farrington v The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas: PC 14 Oct 1996

(The Bahamas) A delay in carrying out an execution for 3.5 years, where the target delay had been set at 2 years, was inhuman treatment, and the execution should be set aside. The essential question in Pratt was whether the execution of a man following long delay after his sentence to death can amount to inhuman punishment contrary to Article 17(1).

Times 18-Oct-1996, [1996] UKPC 36, [1997] AC 413, Appeal No 26 of 1996 and Appeal No 37 of 1996, [1996] UKPC 4
PC, Bailii, Bailii, PC
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited inTrevor Nathaniel Fisher v The Minister of Public Safety and Immigration and Others (No 2) PC 5-Oct-1998
PC (The Bahamas) The applicant had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His case was pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. He appealed a second time to the board, saying the . .
CitedPratt and Morgan v The Attorney General for Jamaica and Another PC 2-Nov-1993
(Jamaica) A five year delay in execution is excessive, and can itself amount to inhuman or degrading punishment. ‘There is an instinctive revulsion against the prospect of hanging a man after he has been held under sentence of death for many years. . .

Cited by:
CitedTrevor Nathaniel Fisher v The Minister of Public Safety and Immigration and Others (No 2) PC 5-Oct-1998
PC (The Bahamas) The applicant had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His case was pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. He appealed a second time to the board, saying the . .
CitedTrevor Nathaniel Fisher v The Minister of Public Safety and Immigration and Others PC 16-Dec-1997
(The Bahamas) The extent of a delay before a trial is not relevant when considering whether a subsequent delay in carrying out an execution is cruel and inhuman punishment . .

Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Human Rights, Criminal Sentencing

Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.174578

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