Gun Court of Jamaica

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The Gun Court of Jamaica is a special Jamaican court established to handle firearms-related offenses under strict security and expedited procedures.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gun Court Act of Jamaica 1
Gun Court of Jamaica canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal court ⓘ
special court ⓘ
appliesLaw Firearms Act of Jamaica ⓘ
Gun Court Act of Jamaica ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
createdFor response to rising gun violence in Jamaica ⓘ
designedFor rapid processing of gun-related cases ⓘ
establishedBy Government of Jamaica ⓘ
establishedByStatute Gun Court Act ⓘ
governedBy Chief Justice of Jamaica ⓘ
handles firearms-related offenses ⓘ
hasCharacteristic expedited procedures ⓘ
specialized jurisdiction ⓘ
strict security procedures ⓘ
hasProceedings in camera in many cases ⓘ
hasType specialized criminal court ⓘ
hearsCasesInvolving illegal possession of firearms ⓘ
trafficking of firearms ⓘ
use of firearms in criminal activity ⓘ
jurisdiction Jamaica ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea criminal law ⓘ
firearms law ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
partOf judiciary of Jamaica ⓘ
purpose to address gun crime ⓘ
to deter illegal possession of firearms ⓘ
to provide swift adjudication of gun offenses ⓘ
regionServed island of Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Island of Jamaica
securityLevel high ⓘ
trialType non-jury trials in many cases ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Jamaica → hasCourt → Gun Court of Jamaica ⓘ
Gun Court of Jamaica → appliesLaw → Gun Court Act of Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Gun Court of Jamaica