CATEGORY:MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ------------------------------ By Wallace J.A Inside Grenada correspondent Friday February 09,2007 GRENADA: Following a landmark ruling handed down by the Privy Council in London in the appeal of the ‘Grenada 13’ – who were convicted and incarcerated for the murders of Maurice Bishop and ten others in 1983 - Trinidadian lawyer Keith Scotland, one of the lawyers for the appellants, has hinted that he will be asking the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court to urgently set a date for the re-sentencing of his clients. The Privy Council on Wednesday of this week (Independence Day in Grenada) quashed the death penalty of the 13 prisoners, calling it invalid. Furthermore, the Law Lords ordered that the matter should be remitted to the Supreme Court of Grenada for the appellants to be re-sentenced. The Privy Council’s ruling has been the subject of conversation by many Grenadians, both at home and abroad. Even twenty-three years after the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his colleagues by ‘the appellants’, the wounds that were inflicted on the Grenadian psyche in October of 1983 are still gaping. While some people feel that the Grenada 13 have paid the price for their crime and that they deserve to be freed, others oppose such a notion with equal passion. The Grenada 13 now find themselves in the position as if they have just been convicted of the murders and are awaiting sentencing. The Supreme Court must now decide on appropriate sentencing after hearing arguments from both defense and prosecution. Both sides are equally confident that the ruling will go in their favor. When asked about the status of Phyllis Coard, the wife of Bernard Coard – Deputy Prime Minister during the People's Revolutionary Government - Grenada's Attorney General, Elvin Nimrod stated that she was not a free woman but was still serving her sentence. Phyllis Coard, along with her husband and fifteen others were imprisoned for their role in the massacre that took place on October 19, 1983. They became known as 'the Richmond Hill 17. 'In 2000, however, Phyllis Coard was allowed to travel abroad in order to receive medical treatment. She has not been back since. Late last year, three more members of the original 17 were released early for good behaviour after serving two-thirds of their sentence.