No clemency for death row inmates, says Jagdeo

President Bharrat Jagdeo is not keen on commuting the sentences of death row prisoners to life imprisonment but says he may consider doing it in cases where there are extenuating circumstances.

“…I haven’t been thinking much about them to be frank because a lot of horrible, horrible people are there,” Jagdeo said on Friday during a press briefing.

He had been asked whether he would consider commuting the sentences of the prisoners on death row, given that there have not been any