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Pending Execution Of David Hicks

EDM number 1228 in 1997-98, proposed by Chris Mullin on 21/04/1998.

That this House notes with concern the case of David Hicks, a poor black man under sentence of death in Huntsville, Texas, for the murder of his grandmother; notes that Mr Hicks insists upon his innocence and that the only evidence against him was a controversial interpretation of DNA evidence; notes that the prosecution refused a defence expert access to the full DNA evidence until a few hours before the start of the trial; notes the inadequacy of the lawyer appointed by the court to defend Mr Hicks; notes that when challenged about his refusal to complain about the conduct of the prosecution, Mr Hicks' counsel allegedly replied '...I can't do that. I have got to live with these people'; notes that Mr Hicks has so far survived only because of the generosity of pen-friends in Europe who hired an attorney to make representations on his behalf; and calls on the State of Texas to grant Mr Hicks a new trial at which he is adequately represented and all the relevant facts are before the court.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Chris Mullin21/04/1998Sunderland SouthLabourProposed
Ernie Ross22/04/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Lynne Jones22/04/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/04/1998Islington NorthLabourSigned
John Austin23/04/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes23/04/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Martin Caton24/04/1998GowerLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley24/04/1998Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Bill Rammell27/04/1998HarlowLabourSigned
Angela Smith27/04/1998BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/04/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar27/04/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Ann Cryer27/04/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Audrey Wise28/04/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe28/04/1998WellingboroughLabourSigned
Alan Simpson28/04/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn28/04/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/04/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Gordon Marsden29/04/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Eric Clarke29/04/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas29/04/1998Harrow WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/04/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Dari Taylor30/04/1998Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Denzil Davies30/04/1998LlanelliLabourSigned
Bill Michie30/04/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner06/05/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Huw Edwards12/05/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick13/05/1998Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard13/05/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
Tony Benn19/06/1998ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Tony Clarke25/06/1998Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone16/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned

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