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On 1st March 2017, Justices Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Roxane George-Wiltshire SC were appointed to act as Chancellor and Chief Justice, respectively, by President David Granger. Six years later, the two ladies, even as they continue to provide uninterrupted services in the positions, are yet to be appointed as substantive holders of the offices. The non-appointment of these justices is discriminatory.
The London-based Death Penalty Project, says whilst the Court of Appeal in Guyana on Thursday declined to strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional, it however overturned three death sentences and replaced them with life sentences
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LONDON, CMC –The London-based Death Penalty Project is urging Guyana to declare the death penalty unconstitutional.
The organisation made the call after the Court of Appeal in Guyana on Thursday overt.