Right - sorry - I was confused by your use of pronouns above, not what the cases were, but thanks :) I hadn't really heard of the Lucas case before, but I've read about the people accused of IRA bombings several times (I saw In The Name of the Father when I was 12 and took an interest)... I think a big differentiating factor is that the UK police were getting their bums whooped by the IRA and they and the people were desperate for someone - anyone - to pin it on, to get JUSTICE, etc.
Bloody awful but at least they didn't kill the prinsoners.
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Right - sorry - I was confused by your use of pronouns above, not what the cases were, but thanks :) I hadn't really heard of the Lucas case before, but I've read about the people accused of IRA bombings several times (I saw In The Name of the Father when I was 12 and took an interest)... I think a big differentiating factor is that the UK police were getting their bums whooped by the IRA and they and the people were desperate for someone - anyone - to pin it on, to get JUSTICE, etc.
Bloody awful but at least they didn't kill the prinsoners.