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The Colour of Injustice : the Mysterious Murder of the Daughter of a High Court Judge /
The case of Ian Hay Gordon involves a miscarriage of justice brought about in circumstances of privilege, patronage and the social and religious divides existing in Northern Ireland in the decades following World War II.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterside Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright and publication details; Contents; About the Author ; List of Cases; Acknowledgment; Setting the Scene; Introduction; The Background; Re-appraisal; Political Influences; Northern Ireland in a Time Warp; Murder in the Glen; The Crime Scene not made Secure; The Victim's Mother; Disputed Place and Time of Death; Professor Crane's Report; Cursory Investigation and Inquiries; The Initial Investigation; RAF Edenmore; Selective Witnesses; Airmen Interviewed; Crucial Discrepancies; Why Was the Family Exonerated?; The Confession; Breaking his Mask; Iain Hay Gordon's Statement.
- "The Confession is False"Coercion; Insane; Mental Disorder and Homicide; The Homicide Act 1957; The Prosecution; Plea of Not Guilty; Prosecution Witnesses; Challenging the Confession; Evidence of Detective Superintendent Capstick; Arguing the Confession was Unfair; The Ruling of the Lord Chief Justice on the Confession; The Trial Resumed in the Presence of the Jury; Mrs Hetty Lyttle; Dr Kenneth Wilson; Dr Albert Wells; Desmond Curran in the Witness Box; The Defence; Defence Counsel's Opening Speech; Medical Evidence of the Defence; Brenda Gordon in the Witness Box; Douglas Gordon.
- Mrs Gordon RecalledExpert Psychiatric Evidence; Dr Rossiter Lewis; Dr James Alexander Savage Mulligan; Inadmissible Expert Evidence; Evidence of RAF Officers; Defence Closing Speech; The Judge Sums-up; Was the Summing-up of the Judge Fair?; A Case for "Justice"; Denial of Guilt; Efforts of Gordon's Parents; Petition; Application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission; New Evidence; Undisclosed Statements; Gideon Crawford; Other Witnesses; Man with a Large Facial Scar; Other Suspects; The Steel Family's Evidence; Patrick Mulrine; Richard Gould; Sarah Elizabeth White; James Killen Spence.
- The Criminal Cases Review CommissionSome Miscarriages of Justice; Police Corruption; The CCRC take up Gordon's Case; Independent Body; Legal Hiccup; Review of the Confession; Fresh Expert Evidence; Conclusions; Non-Disclosure of Evidence; The Duty of Disclosure; Instances of Non-Disclosure; Identification Evidence; Visual Identification and the Law; The Summing-up of the Lord Chief Justice; On Appeal; Dismissive Reference to Fresh Evidence; Original Verdict "Unsafe"; Judgment; The Test of an Unsafe Finding; The Application of Current Standards; Whether the Finding was Unsafe.
- The Conduct of the TrialThe Judge's Summing-up; Dr Lewis's Evidence; Non-Disclosure of Documents; Marcella Devlin's Statement; The Admissibility of the Confession; The Additional Medical Evidence; The Safety of the Finding of Guilt; The Relationship of the Court of Appeal to the Criminal Cases Review Commission; Dismissive Attitude; The Case of Derek Bentley; The Case of Ruth Ellis; The Case of James Hanratty; The Case of Timothy Evans; R v Gore; The Influence of Stormont Policies on the Legal Process; Abuse of Power; Weakness of Defence Team; Disturbing Factors; Aftermath; Nightmares.