Sixty-one members of Parliament signed an amicus brief in a bid to secure the release of Krishna Maharaj, a U.K. citizen who has presented substantial evidence that he did not commit the murders for which he was convicted. He has been in prison for 36 years.
May 15, 2023 at 12:37 PM
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Executive Editor, Law.com International
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined without comment to hear Krishna Maharaj’s bid for the justices’ review, despite the pleas of U.K. members of Parliament.
Reed Smith had submitted an amicus brief to the court on behalf of a group of 61 U.K. members of Parliament in a bid to secure the release of Maharaj, a U.K. citizen who has been in prison for 36 years for the murders of two Chinese Jamaican businessmen.
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