Lawrence C. Marshall, legal director for the Center on Wrongful Convictions, called on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. George W. Bush to stop the June 22 execution of the inmate, Gary Graham, and order a new trial.
At a news briefing in Houston, Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project, which investigates claims of wrongful conviction, called the case "a perfect storm because an innocent person was convicted and the real assailant is out there committing more crimes".
The Europe minister David Lidington also voiced concern about Sannikov's conviction, calling it a "new low for the rule of law in Belarus".
But at the end of the trial the US government welcomed the conviction, calling it an example of "Pakistan showing leadership in the war against terror".
The Brooklyn district attorney's office agreed on Wednesday to release a man who served 23 years in prison for murder, a week after a federal judge tossed out the man's conviction, calling it "rotten from Day 1".
Ms. Roy's lawyer, Prashant Bhushan, said she would challenge the conviction, calling it a "setback to the freedom of the common citizen to discuss matters of enormous public significance".
But the other 45 countries in the group should find the courage of their anti-proliferation convictions and call China to account.
That conviction - call it a hunch or an intuition - occurred in 1999 and was based on Walsh's inside knowledge of professional cycling.
Add in the medium-term options for M&A (potential disposal of the pub restaurants) and we reiterate our high conviction buy call.
