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04/17/2003 Entry: "So I'm Depressed."
BBC News this morning did a bit on the Stevens Report, the current inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989.
Seems that the Police colluded with the Loyalist paramilitaries who murdered him. Defending alleged terrorists in court is not punishable by death in any democracy I'm aware of. That police officers could think so - people whose job it is to uphold the due process of the law - and that they would even go so far as to allow (and maybe even encourage) another bunch of terrorists to "whack him" (in the words of one of the UFF members who claimed responsibility) depresses me more than words could say.
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I'd just been listening to an item about the arguments over the legality of using Iraqi oil to pay for rebuilding. I was just making some smart-alec comment about getting rid of lawyers when the presenter began talking about the Stevens enquiry.
And, I have to say, I felt deeply ashamed...
Posted by Richard @ 04/17/2003 01:01 PM CST
