The Justice System and the Guildford Four

Police officers violated this Charter of rights with Gerry Colon and his friend .

             Paul Hill. They pushed Gerry and Paul to write a confession about terrorist act and a .

             murder. Police officers used power, violence over them, and physical and mental .

             abuse. They beat them up and insulted them. Physically: The police put a gun in Paul.

             mouth, pulled Gerry and Paul by the hair. Mentally: frighten to kill them so that they .

             confess. This is at the end gave the police officers a result that they expected. Gerry .

             and Paul gave up and wrote everything what police told them.

             .

             These actions show us the corrupt police investigations. Police officers violated .

             human rights only because they wanted to achieve their goal. Police needed to find who .

             was guilty in terrorist act and in a murder, as fast as it could be possible. And actually.

             they did not really care if these Guildford four were guilty.

             .

             In a trial high on speeches and rhetoric but low on facts, the "Guildford Four," .

             including Gerry and Paul, are sentenced to life in prison because the judge can't find a .

             reason to hang them, and Giuseppe is given fourteen years. When, after sentencing .

             has been carried out, the police find incontrovertible evidence of the Conlon's .

             innocence, they keep it carefully buried--until Gareth Peirce ferrets out the truth in.

             attempting to get Gerry and Giuseppe's convictions overturned. So, the Guildford Four.

             were convicted for what they really did not commit.

             .

             The Crown has shown a good example of perjuries. He swore to speak only the .

             truth on the court. The Crown contradicted himself because he lied about confession. .

             He sad these Guildford four wrote confession by themselves. And he rejected in use of .

             power to them.

             .

             This situation which happened to Guildford Four brought reputation of justice into .

             disrepute. When people understood that the court put in prison innocent people they .

             started to do meetings on the streets.

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