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Guildford Four release

Title
Guildford Four release
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
17 Oct 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:01:56
Description
Report and interview with Sarah Conlon, mother of Gerard Conlon and wife of Giuseppe Conlon- says she knew they were innocent; also interviews with Paul Foot, Daily Mirror journalist and campaigner and Chris Mullin MP who wants the Birmingham Six freed. Follows news the Guildford Four jailed for two IRA pub bombings in 1974 are to be set free.The Director of Public Prosecutions is expected to tell an Old Bailey judge on Thursday it would be wrong to seek to sustain the convictions which were based only on false confessions. Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Paul Foot; Chris Mullin; Sarah Conlon
Keywords
Terrorism; IRA; Policing practice; Courts; Imprisonment; Legal decisions; Prisoners; Criminal justice system; Appeals; DPP; Miscarriages of justice; Guildford Four; Carole Richardson; Birmingham Six; Gerard Conlon; Giuseppe Conlon

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