Sunshine Today T & T: "I heard my cell mate executed"

DPP in the Media
1 Dec 2023

This article was published in Trinidad and Tobago newspaper Sunshine Today, Friday 1st December 2023.

The article explores the case of Wenceslaus James, the longest serving death row prisoner in Trinidad and Tobago, who DPP helped secure the release of in November 2023.

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