Francis Alexis Sir Dennis Byron

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Born in St Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla (now St Kitts & Nevis), Sir Dennis Byron, in July 2018, completed his distinguished service as President of The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Barely a month before, Sir Dennis delivered the landmark judgment of the CCJ Appellate Jurisdiction in which struck down as unconstitutional in Barbados the mandatory death penalty for murder. This book recalls the stellar achievements of Sir Dennis Byron in judicial offices world-wide. As Chief Justice (Ag) of post revolution Grenada, Sir Dennis presided over the historic murder trial on the killing of Grenadian prime minister, Maurice Bishop (A sequel to that trial decided by the United Kingdom Privy Council in 2019, confirmed that the trial was presided over flawlessly). After that, he was the Chief Justice of The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court based in St Lucia. Sir Dennis then served as President of the UN International Criminal Tribunal on genocide in Rwanda, a tribunal seated in Tanzania, addressing