[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

July 2





BELIZE:

After 10 years on death row, prisoner to be re-sentenced


He has been sitting on death row for over a decade, and waiting for a
possible commuted sentence since 2002. But today, Adolph Harris, sentenced
to hang for the death of Lavern Orosco in 1993, was still unable to get a
change in his sentence due to the long lapse in time since the original
case. Justice Troadio Gonzalez heard the matter this morning, but stated
that since he is not familiar with the case he will ask attorney Simeon
Sampson to intervene as "amicus curiae" or friend of the court on Harris'
behalf. Sampson was Harris' defence attorney during the murder trial.
After the appropriate parties have been duly briefed, the case will come
back before the court. The murder charge arose out of an incident in which
Lolita Lynch reportedly told Harris, her then boyfriend, to shoot Lavern
Orosco or she would leave him. In 2002, the Privy Council in London ruled
he should be re-sentenced. It is possible that his death sentence will be
converted to life in prison.

(source: Channel5Belize.com)