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Crim­i­nol­o­gist and for­mer chair­man of the Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PolSC) Prof Ramesh De­osaran says the Gov­ern­ment has a re­spon­si­bil­i­ty to make clear its stance on the re­sump­tion of the death penal­ty.

De­osaran al­so urged the pub­lic to con­sid­er the pre­vail­ing na­tion­al sen­ti­ment to­wards crime as it weighs on the mat­ter.

Dur­ing a post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing on Thurs­day, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar said her Gov­ern­ment in­tend­ed to re­sume ex­e­cu­tions, but not­ed that out of the 38 in­mates on death row, 20 could not be ex­e­cut­ed by hang­ing be­cause they fell un­der the Pratt and Mor­gan rul­ing.