Guildford Four release

Title

Guildford Four release

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:10

Description

Maggie Shiels interviews Father Paddy Smith of the Irish Commission for Prisoners who has supported the families in their fight to have the Guildford Four freed. He says he is delighted with the judgement handed down today that their convictions can no longer be sustained for IRA pub bombings in 1974. He says other cases such as the Birmingham Six must now be reconsidered.

Contributors

Margaret Shiels; Paddy Smith

Keywords

Terrorism; IRA; Compensation; Courts; Imprisonment; Legal decisions; Prisoners; Criminal justice system; Miscarriages of justice; Guildford Four; Birmingham Six; Irish Commission for Prisoners

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