The Jamaican Gun Court

The Tribune: "JAMAICAN attorneys have expressed disagreement with local assessments of the Jamaican Gun Court.
While the court had its 'teething pains' it is now an 'established and accepted' part of the judiciary, attorneys claim.
Earlier this year, a Magistrate's Court in Nassau was assigned to hear gun related matters, in a similar fashion to Jamaica's Magistrate's Court handling drug crimes.
The move to establish a 'so-called gun court' was heavily criticised by the opposition, which cited the case of Jamaica.
Fred Mitchell, Member of Parliament for Fox Hill, one of the key critics, said: 'This so-called Gun Court is an idea introduced into the region by the late Prime Minister Michael Manley in Jamaica way back when and the idea was thoroughly discredited then and remains discredited. If I am not mistaken the whole thing was set aside as unconstitutional,' said Mr Mitchell.
The Jamaican Gun Court was established by an act of Parliament in 1974. While it was billed as a crime fighting strategy in the early 70s, that objective was never realised and never stuck with the project, said a legal practitioner in Jamaica"

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