photos : death row stories : kris maharaj photos : death row stories : kris maharaj ' death row stories ' : kris maharaj – former millionaire kris maharaj , 75 , languishes in a florida prison 27 years after being convicted of a double murder at a miami hotel .
one of them , clive stafford smith of the legal support group reprieve , who has written a book on the case , the injustice system : a murder in miami and a trial gone wrong , told the guardian : “ kris maharaj is so patently innocent that it is unimaginable to me that the state of florida does not let him go .
next wednesday , the 11th judicial circuit court of florida in miami will set a date for a full evidentiary hearing into the maharaj case .
the newly released documents underline the massive case for exoneration that has remained for 27 years .
then , in october 1986 , police arrested maharaj in the shooting deaths of his business partners derrick moo young and his 23 - year - old son duane .
maharaj , 75 , was sentenced to death in 1987 , and though he was taken off death row in 2002 he was resentenced to life imprisonment .
he is currently held in a prison in south florida .
it is a very sad day when the government desperately wants to keep the wrong person in prison , such that they story highlights after 27 years in prison , lawyers claim new evidence could free ex - millionaire kris maharaj 's lawyers say he was framed for a drug - money hit ordered by pablo escobar prosecutors say maharaj shot and killed a father and son in a miami hotel it sounds like an episode from a 1980s tv police drama : a wealthy businessman claims he was framed for two miami murders allegedly ordered by colombian drug lord pablo escobar .
the hearing will constitute his greatest chance in almost three decades to prove his innocence for the murders of his business partner derrick moo young and young ’s son duane in the dupont plaza hotel in miami on 16 october 1986 .