Joseph Solomon (murderer)

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Joseph Solomon (died 17 October 1995) was a convicted murderer and was the most recent person to have been executed by Saint Lucia.

Solomon was convicted of murder and rape in 1979 and sentenced to death, which was mandatory for murder under Saint Lucian law. However, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the government. In 1993, after serving fourteen years in prison, Solomon was pardoned and released from prison. The next year, Solomon was arrested for the murder of a woman who had employed him to be her gardener{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhIWAQAAMAAJ&q=%22joseph+solomon%22+(died+17+october+1995) |title=Caribbean Insight |date=1995 |publisher=Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean) |language=en}} At his 1994 trial, he was again sentenced to death by hanging.

Solomon was executed on 17 October 1995, with another prisoner acting as the hangman. It was the first execution in Saint Lucia since 1986. Since Solomon's execution, no prisoner has been put to death by Saint Lucia.{{Cite book |last=Franck |first=Hans Göran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UzlIEAAAQBAJ&dq=Joseph+Solomon+%28died+17+October+1995%29&pg=PA118 |title=The Barbaric Punishment: Abolishing the Death Penalty |date=2021-09-13 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-48027-8 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhIWAQAAMAAJ&q=%22joseph+solomon%22+(died+17+october+1995) |title=Caribbean Insight |date=1995 |publisher=Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean) |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=St Lucia: Fear of execution: five prisoners on death row whose appeals may soon be denied |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr56/006/1995/en/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Amnesty International |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Corporation |first1=The British Broadcasting |last2=Richards |first2=Ken (anchor) |last3=Nelson |first3=Francis (interviewee) |last4=Ninvalle |first4=Pete (correspondent) |last5=Rambalis |first5=Jose (interviewee) |last6=Gordon |first6=Orin (correspondent) |last7=Norton |first7=Michael (correspondent) |last8=Farrakhan |first8=Louis (interviewee) |last9=Crombie |first9=Roger (correspondent) |last10=Orr |first10=Carol (correspondent) |last11=Gomes |first11=Ralph (interviewee) |last12=Goffe |first12=Leslie (correspondent) |last13=Kasinitz |first13=Philip (interviewee) |date=1995-10-17 |title=Caribbean Report 17-10-1995 |url=http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3010543 |language=en}}