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# miscarriage of justice

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# Yusuf Ali Abdi
Father's murder conviction deemed miscarriage of justice after 16 years in prison
The court said Yusuf Ali Abdi (48) “should never have been convicted”.
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Aug 23rd 2021, 4:37 PM
# Courts
Miscarriage of justice declared for man who spent 16 years in jail for the murder of his infant son
Yusif Ali Abdi has been given leave to seek compensation from the State.
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Sep 2nd 2020, 7:03 PM
# Court of Appeal
Man who spent year in prison for crime he didn't commit has violent disorder conviction quashed
28-year-old Declan Tynan is now likely to apply for a certificate of miscarriage of justice from the courts.
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Apr 24th 2018, 2:29 PM
# an innocent man
Dublin man to have conviction quashed after spending 11 months in prison for a crime he didn't commit
Declan Tynan (28) was released on bail last October after another 30-year-old man admitted to being responsible for the violent disorder charge Tynan had been jailed for.
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Apr 16th 2018, 12:05 AM
# appeal
Joe O'Reilly wants to take his bid for freedom to the Supreme Court
An application to have O’Reilly’s conviction declared a miscarriage of justice was dismissed as an “abuse of process” last year.
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Mar 18th 2016, 12:00 PM
# miscarriage of justice
After 25 years in jail for a murder he didn't commit, man receives millions in compensation
At the time he was jailed, there was evidence to show Jonathan Fleming could not have killed his friend.
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Jun 24th 2015, 10:13 AM
# Courts
Two decades after Veronica Guerin's murder, her killer is appealing his conviction
He is claiming a miscarriage of justice.
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Jun 19th 2015, 3:43 PM
# miscarriage of justice
On this day 24 years ago, the Birmingham Six were released
The men spent 16 years in prison – for a crime they didn’t commit.
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Mar 14th 2015, 8:45 AM
# miscarriage of justice
"Life, a long long time ago" - Documentary follows Guildford Four's Paddy Armstrong to London
An RTÉ documentary followed Armstrong on and told his story.
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Nov 22nd 2014, 7:30 AM
# any paddy will do
People eulogising Gerry Conlon had 'no time for him' when he was in prison
Paul Hill, one of the Guildford Four, also said that the group had suffered a “greater miscarriage of justice than those who died in the Guildford, Woolwich and Birmingham bombings”.
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Jun 22nd 2014, 8:33 PM
# long wait
Japanese man nears half century on death row
Questions emerging over guilt of world’s longest-serving condemned inmate.
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Jul 13th 2013, 5:30 PM