Maguire Seven case
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The Maguire Seven case was a notorious miscarriage of justice in the UK in which seven members of the Maguire family were wrongfully convicted in the 1970s of handling explosives allegedly linked to IRA bombings, before their convictions were quashed in 1991.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal case
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miscarriage of justice ⓘ |
| allegedAssociation | Provisional Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Birmingham Six case
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maguire family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| charge |
handling explosives
ⓘ
possession of explosives ⓘ |
| convictionQuashedBy | Court of Appeal of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictionsQuashedYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| convictionStatus | wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| convictionYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticisedBy |
civil liberties groups
ⓘ
human rights organisations ⓘ |
| defendant |
Anne Maguire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patrick Maguire NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Maguire Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick O’Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick “Giuseppe” Conlon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Smyth NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Maguire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1991 ⓘ |
| evidenceType | forensic evidence ⓘ |
| forensicIssue |
contaminated samples
ⓘ
unreliable scientific tests ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to reform of forensic evidence standards in the UK
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highlighted problems in anti-terrorism policing in the 1970s ⓘ influenced public debate on miscarriages of justice in the UK ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | English criminal law ⓘ |
| legalBasisForQuashing | unsafe convictions ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
disclosure failures by prosecution
ⓘ
reliability of confession evidence in terrorism cases ⓘ |
| location | England ⓘ |
| notableVictim |
Anne Maguire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patrick Maguire Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Maguire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfDefendants | 7 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Guildford Four case
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IRA bombing campaign in Britain ⓘ |
| startTime | 1974 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
books on British legal miscarriages
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television documentaries about miscarriages of justice ⓘ |
| timePeriod | The Troubles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialCourt | Old Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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