Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der says the gov­ern­ment is keep­ing all op­tions on the ta­ble in its fight against crime, not­ing that a pos­si­ble re­turn of the death penal­ty can­not be ruled out.

Speak­ing to re­porters dur­ing the Chil­dren’s Car­ni­val Pa­rade and Treat along East­ern Main Road, Tu­na­puna, on Sun­day af­ter­noon, Alexan­der ad­dressed calls from Pamela Clarke, moth­er of mur­der vic­tim Amelia Her­nan­dez, for the gov­ern­ment to en­force the death penal­ty.

Her­nan­dez, 34, and her for­mer boyfriend De­vaughn Tou­s­saint, 38, were gunned down at the Jade Court Play­park in Cou­va in front of their three-year-old daugh­ter and oth­er chil­dren. Footage of the in­ci­dent cir­cu­lat­ed wide­ly on so­cial me­dia, spark­ing pub­lic out­rage.