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Our legal work provides a lifeline to vulnerable prisoners and has helped to develop the law around the world. These are some of the stories of our work.

Betty*

  • Sierra Leone
  • Closed Case
  • Death Penalty; mandatory death penalty

In 2017, Betty* was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of her 9 month old child. She was the first woman …

Berthill Fox

  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • Closed Case
  • Death Penalty; Mandatory Death Penalty; Caribbean

Mr Fox's journey though the criminal justice system and St. Kitts and Nevis' parole system has been lengthy – spa…

Lescene Edwards

  • Jamaica
  • Closed Case
  • Wrongful Conviction; Miscarriage of Justice; Innocent

Lescene Edwards was wrongly convicted of the murder.…

Vinson Ariste

  • The Bahamas
  • Closed Case
  • Wrongful Conviction; Innocent; Miscarriage of Justice

Vinson Ariste was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery, forced to confess and detained for 12 years. …

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