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Are you in favour of capital punishment for premeditated murder in Bermuda?[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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A referendum on the death penalty for premeditated murder was held in Bermuda on 12 August 1990.[2] The referendum was held following pressure from the United Kingdom government. The Parliament of Bermuda passed the Capital Punishment Referendum Act 1989 to provide for the referendum.[1] Voters approved of retaining the penalty, with 79% voting in favour.[3]
The death penalty was abolished in December 1999 by the Parliament of Bermuda.[4]
Rounding out the actual numbers, of the 33,700 eligible voters, 10,800 bothered to show up. This was a third of the electorate. There were 109 spoilt ballots
There were 8,536 votes in favour of retention of the death penalty and 2,237 in favour of abolition