The mother of the Clarendon woman who was slain along with her four children last week says the man now before the court for their murder should die a slow death, even as she admitted that if he is executed it would not bring back her daughter and grandchildren.
Read more: Mother of Murdered Clarendon Mother and Her Four Children Welcomes Death Penalty Motion
Human rights lobby group, Jamaicans for Justice, is being taken to task for its decision to oppose the death penalty for the accused killer in the Cocoa Piece massacre.
Read more: JFJ Opposes Death Penalty in Clarendon Massacre Case; Victims’ Family Calls For Justice
Police have released the name of another person of interest as they deepen the probe into the killing of 17-year-old Devenese Nelson of North Street, Kingston 14 on Sunday, June 26.
Read more: Probe in teen mom's murder deepens: Third person of interest named
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is to seek the death penalty against Rushane Barnett, the man accused of killing a mother and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon last week.
Read more: DPP To Seek Death Penalty Against Man Charged With Clarendon Massacre
Read more: Three persons, believed to be Jamaicans, found dead in New York home