last September British style justice also reigns in Dublin, where the coalition government of Liam Cosgrave seems daily To be seekino new reoressive measure: To satistv Is imperas master. ine most horrific example is the proposed legalised murder of Marie and Noel Murray, now under sentence of death after being convicted of killing a policeman during a Dublin bank raid The trial which convicted and sentenced the Murrays was no more than a stage-managed political show trial held under the auspices of the Special Criminal Court - at which mere is no jur and te normal rures of evidence do not apply.
The 'confessions' were the only piece of real evidence produced in court; and they were later retracted oy me murrays as naving been mact under torture conditions. But such considerations did not influence the judges who proclaimed the Murrays guilty, or their fellow judges of the Appeal Court who at the end of last month dismissed the Murrays' appeal.
The Irish state forces are determined to show a willingness to be hard on terrorists and it scarcely matters i nose mey are nara on are gunty or not. ine terrorist must be punished - and so too must anyone who protests against the jack boot legality. Thus the Irish liberal fortnightly Hibernia is facing contempt of court charges for publishing letters commenting on the 'trial", Such behaviour by the 26 County stare is ust one turmer indictment o the extend to which une oro imperialists in treland are prepared to go to achieve their victory, and it seems likely that only an internationa campaign of protest can stop the execution of the Murrays. In Britain this protest is focusing on weekly Saturday pickets at 12.30 pm outside the Irish embassy in London, and Es important nat these pickers D supported. For further information contact ine murray werence commit tee, c/o Centro Iberico, 83a Haverstock Hill, London NW3.
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