Judge orders release of man who pleaded guilty to manslaughterFeatured – -remonstrates with prosecution over lack of evidence

-accused had been on remand from age 17 for nearly six years
By Femi Harris Smith
A “travesty and an indictment upon the criminal justice system” was how Justice Sandil Kissoon described the incarceration of 22-year-old Marlon Garrett; who he lamented had spent nearly the last six years on remand awaiting trial for a murder the prosecution had no evidence to prove he committed.

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