Trinidad and Tobago
In 2001, the appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to life imprisonment not to be released before the expiration of twenty years. On 18 February 2003, the Court of Appeal dismissed her appeal against conviction and ordered the sentence to commence from the date of the dismissal of the appeal. By letter dated 17 May 2022, after the minimum term of twenty years had expired, the appellant wrote to the Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court requesting a judge of the High Court review the appellant’s life sentence. On 31 January 2024, St. Clair-Douglas J declined to review the sentence. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appellant’s appeal, upholding the High Court’s decision.
