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DEATH PENALTY AND ABU-ALI ABDUR'RAHMAN

EDM number 1344 in 2002-03, proposed by Kevin McNamara on 04/06/2003.

That this House notes the plight of Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, a person on death row in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and expresses its concern that he is to be executed on 18th June; notes that the only evidence implicating him as the assailant was the testimony of his co-defendant who got a six-year deal in exchange for his testimony; further notes that there is blood evidence, that was never presented to the jury, indicating that he was not the assailant; that his defence lawyer failed to conduct any investigation and prepared no defence, that the prosecution lied to and manipulated the jurors and eight of them have signed affidavits expressing doubts about their verdict, and that there are serious concerns that he may not have received a fair trial that accords with the due process clause of the United States Constitution or with the standards of international human rights law; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to plead for the life of Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman and ask that his execution be stayed and clemency granted.

This motion has been signed by a total of 85 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Kevin McNamara04/06/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourProposed
Vera Baird04/06/2003RedcarLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/06/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Win Griffiths05/06/2003BridgendLabourSigned
Paul Flynn05/06/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington05/06/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Terry Davis05/06/2003Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn05/06/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Keith Bradley05/06/2003Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Alan Meale05/06/2003MansfieldLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd05/06/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Glenda Jackson05/06/2003Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Rob Marris09/06/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing09/06/2003Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Simon Thomas09/06/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Peter Bottomley09/06/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Harry Barnes09/06/2003North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing09/06/2003PerthScottish National PartySigned
Ann Cryer09/06/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Tony Colman09/06/2003PutneyLabourSigned
Martin Caton09/06/2003GowerLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael09/06/2003Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bradley09/06/2003Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt09/06/2003CrawleyLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty09/06/2003Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Paul Marsden09/06/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Lloyd09/06/2003Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Paul Keetch09/06/2003HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones09/06/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Evan Harris09/06/2003Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Savidge09/06/2003Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Syd Rapson09/06/2003Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt10/06/2003Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Harold Best10/06/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
John Austin10/06/2003Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Huw Edwards10/06/2003MonmouthLabourSigned
Janet Dean10/06/2003BurtonLabourSigned
Colin Challen10/06/2003Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Ian Lucas10/06/2003WrexhamLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence10/06/2003Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Lady Hermon10/06/2003North DownUUPSigned
Joan Ruddock10/06/2003Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas10/06/2003CrosbyLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell11/06/2003Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/06/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Norman Baker11/06/2003LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Farrelly11/06/2003Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Brian Cotter11/06/2003Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton11/06/2003CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Karen Buck11/06/2003Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara11/06/2003Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Ann McKechin11/06/2003Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
John McFall11/06/2003DumbartonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Geraldine Smith11/06/2003Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/06/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Greg Pope11/06/2003HyndburnLabourSigned
Joe Benton12/06/2003BootleLabourSigned
Barbara Follett12/06/2003StevenageLabourSigned
David Drew12/06/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Eddie McGrady12/06/2003South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Phil Sawford12/06/2003KetteringLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore12/06/2003HendonLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood13/06/2003ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Andy King13/06/2003Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
John McDonnell13/06/2003Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Irene Adams13/06/2003Paisley NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George16/06/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty16/06/2003GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Cunningham16/06/2003WorkingtonLabourSigned
Frank Cook16/06/2003Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham16/06/2003Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Chris Smith16/06/2003Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar16/06/2003Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Marsha Singh17/06/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
Llew Smith17/06/2003Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews17/06/2003MedwayLabourSigned
Harry Cohen17/06/2003Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Julia Drown17/06/2003South SwindonLabourSigned
John Barrett18/06/2003Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey19/06/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner19/06/2003Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Bill Tynan19/06/2003Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard20/06/2003WalthamstowLabourSigned
Edward Garnier23/06/2003HarboroughConservativeSigned
Jenny Tonge30/06/2003Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned

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