DOMINICA: Inhuman Sentencing of Children

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Report detailing the legality of inhuman sentencing against children in Dominica. Capital punishment is unlawful for persons under 18 at the time of the offence in the case of murder, but possibly not for other capital offences. Sentences of life imprisonment and corporal punishment are lawful.

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