Jamaica attorney backs criminalising chronic defamation amid senator's push

Attorney Anthony Williams supports amending Jamaica's Defamation Act to criminalise habitual defamers, following a call by government senator Marlon Morgan. The proposal is at an early advocacy stage with no formal bill introduced. It signals a potential shift in Jamaican defamation law toward criminal penalties, which could have implications for press freedom and public discourse.

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