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B)
Expert Witnesses
Proposed by the representatives of the alleged victim
2)
Nigel Eastman, Professor of Law and Ethics in Psychiatry and Head of Forensic
Psychiatry of St. George’s University of London, whose expert opinion shall
refer to the relevance of the alleged victim’s mental state to his conviction
and sentence, and on the relevance of mental health in death penalty cases
from a medical perspective.
3)
Edward Fitzgerald QC, Barrister who specializes in criminal law, public law,
and international human rights law, and has significant experience in death
penalty appeals. His expert opinion will refer to the relevance, from a legal
perspective, of mental state to both conviction and sentencing in death
penalty cases.
4)
Dr. Timothy Green, Clinical Psychologist, whose expert report shall refer to his
psychological examination of the alleged victim and his subsequent
psychological report concerning the alleged victim’s mental state in relation to
defenses at trail and the imposition of the death penalty.
Proposed by the State
5)
Anthony V. Grant, Director of Community Legal Services and an expert on the
Barbadian community legal services system, whose expert opinion will refer
to the requirements for legal aid in death penalty cases.
6)
Anthony Blackman, Principal Crown Counsel of the Department of Public
Prosecution, whose expert opinion will refer to the law and procedure related
to the defense of diminished responsibility in death penalty cases.
7)
Dr. Brian MacLachlan, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Barbados Psychiatric
Hospital who has provided expert psychiatric evidence in the law courts of
Barbados. His expert testimony will refer to psychiatric assessments in death
penalty cases.
2.
To require the Commission, the representatives, and the State to take all of the
necessary measures so that the alleged victim and expert witnesses listed in the preceding
Operative Paragraph may render their declaration and expert opinions, respectively,
through sworn written statements (affidavits), and submit them before the Inter-American
Court by June 10, 2009.