(Jamaica Gleaner) Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Claudette Thompson has argued that public demands for harsher punishments – such as the death penalty as clamoured for in cases of mass murder – ring hollow when many of those calling for such measures avoid fulfilling their civic duties, including jury service.

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