US Lawyer Brings Death Penalty Fight to St Kitts Courtroom

Big courtroom drama brewing in Basseterre – and it’s not your regular land dispute or political squabble. We talking about the death penalty itself, with foreign lawyers flying in to test the very legality of capital punishment right here in St Kitts and Nevis.

The spotlight? UK/TCI-based attorney Tim Prudhoe, known for his human rights work and ties to Texas Death Row cases. Prudhoe, representing convicted double-murderer Trevern Edwards, managed to get confirmation that the DPP dropped the death penalty demand on the eve of sentencing. Edwards, convicted back in April after a long judge-alone trial, won’t be facing the gallows.

But Prudhoe and his team not done yet. They pushing bigger arguments: whether the death penalty itself can stand up under current constitutional law in the Federation. That legal showdown is set to continue October 10 – and it could become a landmark case for the entire Caribbean.

Prudhoe isn’t fighting solo. Backing him is a high-powered international lineup:
👉 Douglas Mendes SC outta Trinidad
👉 Edward Fitzgerald KC outta London
👉 The Death Penalty Project in the UK

All putting their weight into what might be the most significant human rights case to hit our courts in years.

Some locals calling it justice, others calling it interference – after all, why foreign lawyers coming to tell SKN how to run its justice system? Still, the fact remains – if this case knocks out the death penalty once and for all, it won’t just shake up one man’s sentence. It could rewrite the rulebook for every capital case going forward. Watch this space, October 10 could be history in the making.