The Principal of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Professor Archibald McDonald, has added his voice to the chorus of condemnation of the circumstances under which Mario Deane lost his life.
Professor McDonald’s response came today in an email thread started by civil society lobby group Jamaicans United for Sustainable Development.
The UWI Principal asks whether the fate that befell Deane, is the kind of social injustice which is entrenched in Jamaica.
According to Professor McDonald, to lock up a young man for a ganja spliff, resulting in his death in a jail cell is barbaric and unjust, irrespective of how he died.
He says Mario Deane ought not to have been in jail for the possession of a spliff.
In his short message the Professor asks rhetorically, how long will this kind of social injustice continue in this country.
