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Housed within the offices of Simons Muirhead Burton, The Death Penalty Project (DPP) provides free legal representation and assistance to individuals facing the death penalty and other vulnerable prisoners. Through the DPP, SMB has provided free legal representation to individuals facing the death penalty for more than three decades. Today, the DPP works in over 30 countries around the world, using the law to protect the human rights of prisoners and achieve fairer criminal justice systems.
The DPP provides free representation to indigent prisoners in criminal and constitutional appeals before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, which is still the final Court of Appeal for most of the English-speaking Caribbean. It also appears before international courts and tribunals and assists and supports lawyers working on capital cases in many other Commonwealth countries.
The DPP provide access to justice through free legal assistance, principally at the appeal stage. They also bring strategic litigation to strike down cruel, unfair and inhuman laws, and in doing so create lasting legal precedents. The DPP’s legal work has saved thousands of prisoners from execution.
The DPP is run by co-Executive Directors Saul Lehrfreund and Parvais Jabbar both experts in representing prisoners under sentence of death, and specialists in the fields of domestic and international human rights law.
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Simons Muirhead Burton has significant expertise in death penalty work, having established the Death Penalty Project, an NGO providing free representation and advice to those facing the death penalty all over the world.
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Simons Muirhead Burton represented Uriah Woods before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in an appeal against the death penalty for a crime committed in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Simons Muirhead Burton have an excellent legal team, handling difficult and complex cases.
The firm are at the very highest level of service, knowledge and responsiveness and their judgement is absolutely spot on.
They are a first-rate firm of solicitors. They take meticulous care and preparation with cases, and have a real and genuine passion for human rights.
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Parvais is first rate in all respects.
Parvais has unrivalled experience.
Parvais is always highly professional, tenacious and efficient. He provides the highest levels of service to all those he works with in any professional setting.
Saul Lehrfreund is an expert in representing those threatened with, or sentenced to, the death penalty across a variety of international courts and tribunals.
Saul has exceptional experience and knowledge, coupled with an unflagging ability to achieve objectives.
Saul is meticulous and detailed in all of his legal and project work. His skills are exceptional in case law, strategic litigation and in project work and advocacy.
Saul Lehrfreund is a superb lawyer of the highest quality.
International Human Rights Law
International Human Rights Law
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