The "Maguire Seven" were wrongly convicted as members of the IRA running a bomb-making factory out of their home. The evidence pointed to the fact that a chemical found in explosives was found on the dish-washing gloves of one of the convicted. It later turned out that this chemical was common in household cleaning agents.
A movie was made about this case, primarily about the "Guildford Four", but the "Maguire Seven" are related to this case being of the same family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_Fa ther
After they were convicted of murder and received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, the judge expressed regret that the Four had not been charged with treason, which then still had a mandatory death penalty.
On February 9, 2005, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair issued an apology to the families of the eleven people imprisoned for the bombings, and those related to them who were still alive, by saying, in part: 'I am very sorry that they were subject to such an ordeal and injustice (...) they deserve to be completely and publicly exonerated.'
The movie is very good and well worth a watch if you're interested in recent Irish history, miscarriage of justice.
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The "Maguire Seven" were wrongly convicted as members of the IRA running a bomb-making factory out of their home. The evidence pointed to the fact that a chemical found in explosives was found on the dish-washing gloves of one of the convicted. It later turned out that this chemical was common in household cleaning agents. A movie was made about this case, primarily about the "Guildford Four", but the "Maguire Seven" are related to this case being of the same family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_Fa ther
After they were convicted of murder and received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, the judge expressed regret that the Four had not been charged with treason, which then still had a mandatory death penalty.
On February 9, 2005, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair issued an apology to the families of the eleven people imprisoned for the bombings, and those related to them who were still alive, by saying, in part: 'I am very sorry that they were subject to such an ordeal and injustice (...) they deserve to be completely and publicly exonerated.'
The movie is very good and well worth a watch if you're interested in recent Irish history, miscarriage of justice.