HE HAS BEEN the overseer of the last executions to take place in Barbados. And ironically he has been a fierce opponent of the death penalty.
But former superintendent of prisons Carl Harewood is vigorously opposed to convicted murderers being released on humanitarian grounds.
“I’ve read about it but I could not believe it. It’s unbelievable. Any person who has committed murder should spend the rest of their life in prison – and without any chance of coming out at all,” Harewood told the SATURDAY SUN yesterday.
His comments followed the release of a number of convicted murderers by the Barbados Mercy Committee, whose membership includes the Governor General, Prime Minister, Opposition Leader and head of the Anglican Diocese.
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