BAHAMAS: DEATH SENTENCES TOSSED
September 5, 2011: the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas ordered a retrial and quashed the 2010 death sentences of Edwin Bauld Jr and Wilfred McPhee for the murder of Police Corporal Eddison Bain, because of the comments made to the jury by the trial judge.
Police found Bainâs body in a ditch near Casuarina Bridge in Grand Bahama on October 22, 2007. His ATM card and vehicle were stolen, as well as $4,500 from his bank account. (Sources: Nassau Guardian, 06/09/2011)
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