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Engaging Europe in the US death penalty fight: Can we help on your capital case?

Do your clients have ties to foreign countries? Could they have a claim to foreign nationality? If so, Reprieve can help?In September 2009 Reprieve launched a three-year project funded by the European Commission ? theEC Project. The Project works alongside capital defense lawyers to meet their obligations under the ABA Guidelines, to: ?make appropriate efforts to determine whether any foreign country might consider the client to be one of its nationals (10.6)?.The EC ProjectThe EC Project has five full time staff members based in the US. Supported by staff in London they are reviewing the US death row population to determine whether any prisoners have a claim to foreign nationality. The project then works closely with the prisoner?s US legal team to conduct investigation in the US and overseas; litigation assistance, and engagement with foreign governments...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).