Execution of mentally impaired may be subject to the prerogative of mercy

23.03.17 Pitman & Anor v The State (Trinidad and Tobago) [2017] UKPC 6

Related Member(s):

Alison Macdonald QC

Related Practice Area(s):

Crime and Regulatory Law

Court:

Privy Council

Both appellants, inter alia, contended that a death sentence was unlawful for an individual suffering from their level of mental impairment. However, both individuals had already had their death sentence substituted for life imprisonment. The appeals were dismissed.

Alison MacDonald QC was involved in this case.

• JCPC Press Summary

  https://www.jcpc.uk/cases/docs/jcpc-2014-0084-press-summary.pdf
• [2017] UKPC 6

  https://www.jcpc.uk/cases/docs/jcpc-2014-0084-judgment.pdf