Is there any hope for this guy?

[Szlater]

Not at all sure where this post belongs.

Is there any chance for Krishna Maharaj?

I tend to think that the fact that the Foriegn and Commonwealth Office have said that, after a lengthy investigation, they believe a major miscarriage of justice has occured, that there is a very good chance that he’s an innocent man.

It does look to someone unfamiliar with the US justice system, outside of TV and movies, weird that the courts won’t hear new evidence (e.g. the 5 alibi witnesses that have come forward).

[Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker]

I’ve never heard of this guy, but here’s a pdf of one of his appeals.

[Quartz]

At least he’s not facing the death penalty. (This sort of case is one example of why I abhor the deah penalty). While the linked article says that some people alibi him, it doesn’t go on to say that those alibis have been investigated and proven.

[Szlater]

@Quartz

While the linked article says that some people alibi him, it doesn’t go on to say that those alibis have been investigated and proven.

True.

I do think that the fact that Sir Nicholas Lyell, the former Attorney General, supports him is telling though.

@Sir Nicholas Lyell QC

"There are real reasons for thinking that he may have been framed, that crucial evidence about the principal prosecution witness may not have been disclosed, indeed was not disclosed, that he was inadequately represented, that the case was handled by a judge who in the middle of the case was arrested and subsequently disbarred.

“And that there are real reasons for all those reasons to think that this is a grave miscarriage of justice which one would hope can be put right.”

I also don’t think he could have got support from 300 MPs (across the parties) if there was doubt in his innocence, under 50 certainly, but not 300.

Here is a Newsnight story on his case.