Miscarriages of justice: How times change
Or maybe they don't. The disturbing parallels between 1974, and Gerry Conlon's conviction, and 2005, when he was 'completely exonerated'
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Gerry Conlon jailed for life for the IRA's Guildford pub bombings
* Britain hit by terrorist attacks
* Prevention of Terrorism Act, introduced after Guildford, allows longer detention of suspects
* Judges sit without juries in terrorist trials in Northern Ireland
* Judge-only courts rejected for Britain
* Ministers reject ID cards
* European Court of Human Rights criticises Labour government policy
* 15 years later, convictions quashed. Anti-terror laws cited for this injustice
2005
Gerry Conlon yesterday. 'Completely exonerated' by an apologetic Tony Blair
* Britain fears terrorist attacks
* Anti-Terrorism Act allows for indefinite detention without trial for foreign terror suspects
* Judges sit alone in immigration appeals involving terror suspects
* More judge-only hearings proposed
* Ministers support ID cards
* Law lords criticise Labour government policy
* Even as Tony Blair apologises, he backs tougher anti-terror approach
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