17 January 2008 :

The Patrick Manning government wants to use its new term in office to ensure convicted murderers are hung in Trinidad and Tobago.
The PM said government is moving to change the death penalty laws in the twin-island republic to ensure that the death penalty is carried out.
`What we are talking about is enshrining in law the conditions under which the death penalty can be carried out and therefore it is not left to the judgment of others,` Manning said. `There have been a number of Privy Council decisions that have acted as constraints to the carrying out of the death penalty. And we are trying to streamline our legislation in order to remove this constraint.`
But the PM admitted the move will require negotiation.