The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds. File photo A HIGH COURT judge has again advocated for the categorisation of capital offences, particularly murder. On Monday, Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds said it was high time for a “tiered approach” for murder indictments which only carry the mandatory death penalty, unlike felony murder, which makes the death penalty discretionary. Felony murder is categorised as a violent arrestable offence and applies when an offender commits a certain […]
