Blair apologises for false IRA convictions (Guildford 4/Maguire 7)

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Wed Feb-09-05 07:25 PM
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Blair apologises for false IRA convictions (Guildford 4/Maguire 7)

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has issued a public apology to 11 people who were victims of one of Britain's most notorious miscarriages of justice.

They are known as the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven - 11 people who were wrongly jailed for up to 15 years for IRA attacks on English pubs in 1974 which left seven people dead.

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The Guildford Four achieved international fame when their wrongful jailing was dramatised in the 1993 film In The Name Of The Father.

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"That's why I'm making this apology today. They deserve to be completely and publicly exonerated."

Blair apologises for false IRA convictions

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Wed Feb-09-05 07:31 PM
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1. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1223946

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