Gerry Conlon has died

Tramps Like Us

Gerry Conlon spent a lot of time in recent years working on the case of the Craigavon Two, two men jailed for a murder they did not commit and were stitched up for

You can read more about the case and campaign here:

http://justiceforthecraigavontwo.com/


The best tribute you can make to Gerry is to continue his work against injustices like what he and now the craigavon two are suffering. Sadly the cases of the Guildford Four etc were not unique and similar things happen today

Riddle101

RIP Gerry Conlon, thankfully he didn't die in a prison cell.

Banjo String

getzls wrote: »

And i never said they were not.

I wonder if he had be unjustly jailed for say, rape, for 15 years would people be
mourning him on here?

Doubt it.

Do you think he would have received the same media attention if he was (wrongly) jailed for rape

They were accused of killing five people ffs, 4 soldiers and a civilian. The.British public were even suggesting they should be hung.

Stupidest. post. ever!

Knuckle dragging season is just beginning. Go erect an arch for your glorious twelfth or something.

Shakespeare's Sister

I feel sorry for normal unionists being let down by such numbskullery.

Menas

Banjo String wrote: »

Do you think he would have received the same media attention if he was (wrongly) jailed for rape

They were accused of killing five people ffs, 4 soldiers and a civilian. The.British public were even suggesting they should be hung.

Stupidest. post. ever!

Knuckle dragging season is just beginning. Go erect an arch for your glorious twelfth or something.

The trial judge lamented that they had not been tried for treason as he was denied the opportunity to give the death sentence. Fckin disgrace.

major bill

The only thing that should be said in this thread is RIP

RIP Gerry

Fiolina

Tramps Like Us wrote: »

Gerry Conlon spent a lot of time in recent years working on the case of the Craigavon Two, two men jailed for a murder they did not commit and were stitched up for

You can read more about the case and campaign here:

http://justiceforthecraigavontwo.com/


The best tribute you can make to Gerry is to continue his work against injustices like what he and now the craigavon two are suffering. Sadly the cases of the Guildford Four etc were not unique and similar things happen today

https://www.facebook.com/pages/MOJO-The-Miscarriages-of-Justice-Organisation/98677679249?fref=ts

For anyone interested, the above link (if it works) shows the kind of cases Gerry got involved in. Paddy Joe Hill, one of the Birmingham Six is also a part of it.

Shakespeare's Sister

Saw a documentary about that organisation around the time of this man's conviction being quashed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3697544.stm

Paddy Hill featured in the documentary a lot. Poor man - extremely broken person.

Fiolina

Magaggie wrote: »

Saw a documentary about that organisation around the time of this man's conviction being quashed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3697544.stm

Paddy Hill featured in the documentary a lot. Poor man - extremely broken person.

That's exactly how I'd describe him, broken. He never reconciled properly with his family after his release. So terribly sad.

meoklmrk91

RIP Gerry

He and his family went through an experience most of us will never be able to come close to comprehending. He spent his youth wasting away in a prison for a crime he didn't commit, his father spent the last years of his life wasting away for a crime he didn't commit. He campaigned for others, a decent skin caught in the wrong place, at the wrong time, being the wrong nationality.

wazky

anto9 wrote: »

Maybe he was a supporter of the IRA at the time ?.If he was he deserves what he got ,and more .

You have to wonder are some people just on a windup.

major bill

wazky wrote: »

You have to wonder are some people just on a windup.

Anto9 and his location been in Thailand i'd hazard a guess of him being a **** troll

padd b1975

end of the road wrote: »

little troll wasn't expressing an opinion as little troll is factually wrong

Maybe the poster got him mixed up with Paul Hill

on the river

anto9 wrote: »

Maybe he was a supporter of the IRA at the time ?.If he was he deserves what he got ,and more .

Is that what you believe or what you want to believe

Banjo String

anto9 wrote: »

Maybe he was a supporter of the IRA at the time ?.If he was he deserves what he got ,and more .

Don't feed it

Ave Sodalis

Trigger Happy wrote: »

The trial judge lamented that they had not been tried for treason as he was denied the opportunity to give the death sentence. Fckin disgrace.

It really is times like these that I'm particularly glad we don't have the death penalty.

RIP

onlyme!

On the daily mail uk site, lots of rip messages are being red ticked on the article regarding gerry's death, so it looks like some british still believe gerry was guilty, why else the hatred?
unbelievable!

RIP Gerry!

Banjo String

onlyme! wrote: »

On the daily mail uk site, lots of rip messages are being red ticked on the article regarding gerry's death, so it looks like some british still believe gerry was guilty, why else the hatred?
unbelievable!

RIP Gerry!

Some Irish think so too. Idiots though .

krazyklown

So sad - its frightening the lengths the establishment went to hide the truth. Even now, the case files are locked away under the secrets act for 45 years which denied him the opportunity to pursue those who essentially fabricated his involvement in a heinous crime. It suggests that knowledge of his innocence went a long way up the chain. He was effectively denied the opportunity of getting closure for what must have been a horrific period of his life and i think this had a big affect on his life post release.

This doesnt preclude sympathy for all victims of the violence and the day to day impact it has had on their lives. But there is a marked difference in that this crime was committed and abetted by the state of which he technically was a citizen and not by an illegal, terrorist organisation unanswerable to anyone.

hotmail.com

Chucken wrote: »

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

What?

Colinf1212

onlyme! wrote: »

On the daily mail uk site, lots of rip messages are being red ticked on the article regarding gerry's death, so it looks like some british still believe gerry was guilty, why else the hatred?
unbelievable!

RIP Gerry!

It's the Dailymail....

Besides most of the comments are green arrowed by a ratio of 2:1.

onlyme!

Colinf1212 wrote: »

It's the Dailymail....

Besides most of the comments are green arrowed by a ratio of 2:1.

yes i know! thats still a hell of a lot of people, proportion wise!

feargale

FWVT wrote: »

There's no smoke without fire

What a fine, erudite exposition of basic principles of justice, from the Chimneysweep School of Jurisprudence. It has had many adherents, including Stalin, Mao, Franco, the Spanish Inquisition and Ivor Starbrook.

end of the road

wazky wrote: »

You have to wonder are some people just on a windup.

yes, little trolls a trolling, pathetic isn't it

tfitzgerald

I hope he had finally found some peace. R I P

Shakespeare's Sister

hotmail.com wrote: »

What?

It's the Irish for RIP, as you probably know.

scuba8

Hope Gerry is at peace now. What he was put through was shameful. I cannot imagine how he could cope with being jailed for something he did not do. The British Police that fabricated evidence against him are a disgrace and should be jailed themselves.

Having said that spare me the crocodile tears of Adams on the telly tonight and the rest of the shinners. They could have spared Gerry the horror of his 15 year incarceration by the real bombers coming forward and taking responsibility for the bombing. It would have saved all of those wrongly convicted for the Guilford and Birmingham bombings the horror of being in jail for all that time. When they could have had them released they did not give a fcuk about them. The IRA left them to rot for 15 years and did nothing to help.

Knock Off Nigel

3 weeks after he was cleared Lord Lane, England's Lord Chief Justice said that the Guildford 4 and the Maguire 7 should have being hanged even though they were probably innocent to protect the image of the British judicial system.

Absolute evil scum.

Sunnyisland

[QUOTE=scuba8;90946358Having said that spare me the crocodile tears of Adams on the telly tonight and the rest of the shinners. They could have spared Gerry the horror of his 15 year incarceration by the real bombers coming forward and taking responsibility for the bombing. It would have saved all of the Birmingham6 and the Guilford7 the horror of being in jail for all that time. When they could have had them released they did not give a fcuk about them. The IRA left them to rot for 15 years and did nothing to help.[/QUOTE]

In February 1977, during the trial of the Balcombe Street ASU, the four IRA men instructed their lawyers to "draw attention to the fact that four totally innocent people were serving massive sentences", referring to the Guildford Four.[5] Despite claims to the police that they were responsible[5] they were never charged with these offences, and the Guildford Four remained in prison for another twelve years.

I am old enough to remember when there was active protests and campaigns to highlight the innocence of the Birmingham six,Guildford four and the maguire family, and the complete silence and indifference of the majority of the Irish goverment and media was shamefull.

scuba8

realies wrote: »

In February 1977, during the trial of the Balcombe Street ASU, the four IRA men instructed their lawyers to "draw attention to the fact that four totally innocent people were serving massive sentences", referring to the Guildford Four.[5] Despite claims to the police that they were responsible[5] they were never charged with these offences, and the Guildford Four remained in prison for another twelve years.

I am old enough to remember when there was active protests and campaigns to highlight the innocence of the Birmingham six,Guildford four and the maguire family and the complete silence and indifference of the majority of the Irish goverment and media was shamefull.

Did they actually produce evidence that they had committed the bombing or did they just say that they did it. Did they make written statements confessing their guilt. That was what was required. They could have done that much.
By the way who were the bombers?