IN JAMAICA: Legislators propose change to strengthen anti-gang law

Damion Crawford
MEMBERS of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament reviewing the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) Act 2013 are at one in calling for an amendment to the proposed Bill to ensure that gangs which hold communities or individuals hostage by way of threats can be prosecuted on those grounds alone.
The issue came up during the examination of Section 2 (b) (i) and (ii) of the Bill, called the Anti-Gang Legislation, which defines what constitutes a criminal organisation under the Act at Gordon House on Thursday. Read more: 

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