AFTER spending nearly four decades behind bars, much of it on death row, three Guyanese men convicted for the 1985 murder of Ashton Ramkhalawansingh have been released from prison.

Deolal Sukhram, 69, Girijadat Sewpersaud, 58, and Jainarine Persaud, 67, were initially convicted on January 19, 1988, and sentenced to death by hanging. In 1994, their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.

On April 16, Justice Tricia Hudlin-Cooper resentenced the trio, while recognising their rehabilitative efforts and urging them to use their progress as a foundation for positive change.