📣 Our 2023 annual report is available! Download the report now to read all about our key achievements in the past year, as well as our plans for 2024. 🔗➡️ : https://lnkd.in/gTwMWUrJ . #deathpenalty #annualreport #YearinReview
About us
The Death Penalty Project (DPP) is a legal action charity based in London. For more than three decades we have worked tirelessly to protect the human rights of those facing the death penalty, through: Free legal representation - we provide free legal representation and advice to those facing the death penalty and other vulnerable prisoners. We also bring strategic litigation to restrict how the death penalty can be applied in practice. Capacity building - we build up local expertise by providing training to those involved in the criminal justice process on issues relating to human rights and the death penalty. Research - we help achieve more informed debates about the death penalty through our original research and publications. Dialogue - we engage governments in dialogue on the death penalty, promoting human rights and the rule of law
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- Human rights, death penalty, human rights law, free legal advice, capital punishment , research, training , and human rights training
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💫 Our December Newsletter is now online! It includes highlights from recent work including: 🌍 Progress towards abolition of the death penalty in Zimbabwe 👩⚖️ Recent successes in two cases before the Privy Council involving miscarriages of justice 📜 Challenging unconstitutional punishments in Grenada and Jamaica 🏛️ A judgment from the Constitutional Court of Taiwan on a landmark legal challenge ⚖️ Strengthening criminal justice systems in Sierra Leone and the Bahamas 📰 Recent events and media coverage 🫂 New joiners to the DPP team Click on the link below to read in full. https://lnkd.in/eeBKNx5b
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Congratulations to Siobhan Grey, who was The Times Lawyer of the Week! Siobhan has worked with DPP for a number of years. She played a critical role in the Privy Council overturning Nardis Maynard’s conviction for murder. Read more about Nardis’s story here: https://lnkd.in/ey9jYmk8
THE TIMES LAWYER OF THE WEEK: SIOBHAN GREY KC. We are pleased to announce that Siobhan Grey KC of 18 St John Street Chambers has been featured by The Times newspaper as 'Lawyer of the Week'. Siobhan was named Lawyer of the Week for her role in overturning the 2004 murder conviction of Nardis Maynard in St Kitts and Nevis. Maynard was released from his life sentence after the murder conviction was quashed by the Privy Council. Siobhan worked with Head of 18 St John Street Chambers Criminal Department, Richard Vardon, along with Talibah Byron, Attorney of Byron Law Office in St Kitts, The Death Penalty Project and Saul Lehrfreund MBE and Killian Moran of Simons Muirhead Burton LLP. Read Siobhan’s interview in The Times here: https://lnkd.in/eTEEpsNF Read more about the case on our chambers website here: https://lnkd.in/eRXHAyUm
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It was an honour to be part of the team presenting Sierra Leone's new draft sentencing guidelines, for serious offences. Following Sierra Leone's historic abolition of the death penalty in 2021, a need for guidelines was identified to deliver effective justice in sentencing. The feedback on the draft guidelines, including from the Deputy Minister and his team of State prosecutors was incredibly encouraging. We're looking forward to working closely with all the consultees to deliver fair and effective guidelines to ensure uniformity and equity in sentencing.
Deputy Minister of Justice| Lawyer| Human Rights| Int. Criminal Justice| Rule of Law| Accountability Governance| Access to Justice
Consultations on draft sentencing guidelines for criminal trials in 🇸🇱 have been super productive. Thanks to the @DeathPenaltyP & the UKSL Pro Bono Network for these consultations. Development of sentencing guidelines are necessary to ensure fairness in the criminal justice process, and to complement our efforts to reform laws that govern criminal conduct and practice in 🇸🇱. As we reform these laws, we are preparing our personnel to implement them.
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Deputy Minister of Justice| Lawyer| Human Rights| Int. Criminal Justice| Rule of Law| Accountability Governance| Access to Justice
Consultations on draft sentencing guidelines for criminal trials in 🇸🇱 have been super productive. Thanks to the @DeathPenaltyP & the UKSL Pro Bono Network for these consultations. Development of sentencing guidelines are necessary to ensure fairness in the criminal justice process, and to complement our efforts to reform laws that govern criminal conduct and practice in 🇸🇱. As we reform these laws, we are preparing our personnel to implement them.
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💫 Are you a communications professional with a passion for human rights and who enjoys working in a small, fast-paced team? We are #recruiting a Communications Lead to join our team. You will lead DPP's communications work, including developing content that shares our achievements through story-telling and by demonstrating our impact. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The deadline is January 12, 2025. https://lnkd.in/eGPzd6DU #HumanRights #ThirdSectorJobs #NGOJobs #WeAreHiring
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Congratulations to Amanda Clift-Matthews, who is The Times Lawyer of the Week! Amanda has worked alongside us for many years and played an instrumental role in the Privy Council quashing the wrongful conviction of Julian Washington after 10 years in prison. Amanda presented Julian’s appeal to the Privy Council, where we challenged the flawed DNA evidence presented by the prosecution at trial. The impact of this case is still unfolding as reviews are now being undertaken in nearly 250 cases to correct potential miscarriages of justice. Doughty Street Chambers Simons Muirhead Burton LLP
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to congratulate Amanda Clift-Matthews for being named The Times Lawyer of the Week. Amanda was named Lawyer of the Week for her role in overturning Julian Washington's 2014 murder conviction in Bermuda, which was quashed last week by the judicial committee of the Privy Council. Representing him in an appeal led by the The Death Penalty Project (DPP), she presented evidence highlighting systematic failures in the DNA analysis. Read more about the case and Amanda's interview with The Times here: https://lnkd.in/eVC-jCRS
Amanda Clift-Matthews named The Times Lawyer of the Week
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UPDATE: Nardis Maynard was released from prison yesterday following a legal battle spanning two decades. His conviction was quashed by the Privy Council in August of this year. The Director of Public Prosecutions of St Kitts and Nevis has now conceded that prosecuting Nardis again would not be in the public interest. Following this concession, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions to discontinue the case against Nardis. You can read more about Nardis’s story below. None of this could have been achieved without the efforts of Nardis’s legal team. We worked with Siobhan Grey KC, Richard Vardon of 18 St John Street Chambers and Talibah Byron. https://lnkd.in/ey9jYmk8
We're delighted to announce that today the Privy Council has quashed the conviction of Nardis Maynard. Recognising a litany of errors at trial and through the appellate process the court found that it would “…plainly be a miscarriage of justice… to sustain the conviction.” Almost twenty years ago, Nardis was convicted in St Kitts and Nevis for the murder of Ernest Henry. He was sentenced to life in prison, but always maintained his innocence, claiming that the prosecution was a case of mistaken identity. Following his first lawyers abandoning his appeal without asking Nardis, it took a decade long legal battle to bring his case to the highest court of appeal for St Kitts and Nevis and show that his conviction was a result of a litany of errors. Working with Siobhan Grey KC, Richard Vardon of 18 St John Street Chambers and Talibah Byron who represented Nardis in court, we have spent years investigating his case. At court we argued that his conviction was tainted by inconsistent witness evidence, poor directions from the judge to the jury and inadequate legal representation. Read more about Nardis's story below. https://lnkd.in/ezzR_AH7
PRESS RELEASE: Catalogue of errors leads to a miscarriage of justice in St Kitts and Nevis | The Death Penalty Project
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📢 Today the Privy Council have quashed Julian Washington’s conviction for murder and attempted murder. In their judgment, the Privy Council highlighted the serious flaws in the DNA evidence relied on by the prosecution at trial and concluded that a miscarriage of justice had occurred. The Government in Bermuda has confirmed that reviews of nearly 250 cases are underway to identify any further miscarriages of justice. We are grateful for the fantastic efforts of the team of legal and forensic experts who worked to secure Julian’s release from custody. Julian was represented by Icah Peart QC of Garden Court Chambers, Amanda Clift-Matthews of Doughty Street Chambers, and Vaughan Caines of Forensica Legal (Bermuda), instructed by The Death Penalty Project at Simons Muirhead Burton LLP. Expert evidence was provided by Dr Dan Krane of Wright State University. https://lnkd.in/eJ9tnJXP
PRESS RELEASE: DNA expert evidence relied on by prosecution to convict a man of murder over 10 years ago was fundamentally flawed | The Death Penalty Project
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The Grenada High Court, Glasgow J, yesterday declared that the punishment of flogging, authorised by certain statutes under Grenadian Law, to be unconstitutional. In a 95-page judgment, the Court struck down or modified the relevant provisions. Edward Fitzgerald KC and Amanda Clift-Matthews, instructed by Parvais Jabbar of Simons Muirhead Burton LLP (The Death Penalty Project), assisted the team in Grenada. For more information about Edward and Amanda, please contact our Senior Crime Clerk Matthew Butchard.
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