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Dervinique Edwards’ Final Legal Loss | Bahamas News
Dervinique Edwards, one of the women convicted in the 2018 murder of 19-year-old Breanna Mackey, has lost her latest bid to overturn her 28-year sentence — a case sparked by a $80 cellphone dispute that shocked the nation. The Court of Appeal dismissed her appeal, ruling no exceptional circumstances justified revisiting the case, after previous rejections by the 2022 appeal court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Edwards, who was armed and convicted alongside Zaria Burrows, argued a jury should’ve been given an alternative verdict — but the court said manslaughter was already…
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