The much-anticipated judgement for the "Grenada 13" will be presented in open court this morning, presiding judge Justice Francis Belle has revealed. At the end of yesterday's sitting, he announced he would sentence former deputy prime minister Bernard Coard and 12 others convicted for the 1983 murders of the leftist prime minister Maurice Bishop and ten other members of his administration at 10 a.m. He said following his oral submission, he would present his final written submission to the Grenada Supreme Court within two weeks. The ruling, which could bring to closure a very emotional chapter in the country's history, comes at the end of a seven-day resentencing hearing which was ordered by the London-based Privy Council that found the initial sentences to be unconstitutional. 'Different turn' Former Trinidad and Tobago attorney-general Ramesh Maharaj, who addressed the court for most of yesterday, said the matter could have taken a different turn if the men had acknowledged guilt and shown remorse. He suggested the men should remain behind bars, as just punishment for the crime they committed. In response, the defence team said the so-called Grenada 13 had shown remarkable progress, and pointed to affidavits filed by newspaper editor Leslie Pierre, former prison chief Winston Courtney and Roman Catholic priest Father Sean Doggert as evidence of their progress. In those affidavits, the three spoke of their interaction with the convicted men and expressed confidence that they posed no threat to society if released. Reprinted from nnews.com