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'Draconian laws' - Human-rights lobbyist outs Golding's anti-crime plan

Jamaica Gleaner News "GOVERNMENT INTENDS to amend the Bail Act to prevent persons charged with gun offences from obtaining bail within the first 90 days of being arrested. There is also a plan to require mandatory sentencing for specified offences.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is to make these announcements in Parliament on Tuesday, but he may alter his plans following an open letter from human-rights advocate Yvonne McCalla-Sobers revealing his strategies."

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