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The colour of injustice : the mysterious murder of the daughter of a high court judge / John Hostettler.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hostettler, John.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Criminal justice, Administration of--Northern Ireland.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Insanity (Law)--Northern Ireland--Cases.
Insanity (Law).
Hay Gordon, Iain--Trials, litigation, etc.
Hay Gordon, Iain.
Curran, Patricia, -1952.
Curran, Patricia.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (172 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Hook : Waterside Press, [2014]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The case of Ian Hay Gordon involves a miscarriage of justice brought about in circumstances of privilege, patronage and the social and religious divides existing in Northern Ireland in the decades following World War II.
Contents:
Cover
Copyright and publication details
Contents
About the Author
List of Cases
Acknowledgment
Setting the Scene
Introduction
The Background
Re-appraisal
Political Influences
Northern Ireland in a Time Warp
Murder in the Glen
The Crime Scene not made Secure
The Victim's Mother
Disputed Place and Time of Death
Professor Crane's Report
Cursory Investigation and Inquiries
The Initial Investigation
RAF Edenmore
Selective Witnesses
Airmen Interviewed
Crucial Discrepancies
Why Was the Family Exonerated?
The Confession
Breaking his Mask
Iain Hay Gordon's Statement
"The Confession is False"
Coercion
Insane
Mental Disorder and Homicide
The Homicide Act 1957
The Prosecution
Plea of Not Guilty
Prosecution Witnesses
Challenging the Confession
Evidence of Detective Superintendent Capstick
Arguing the Confession was Unfair
The Ruling of the Lord Chief Justice on the Confession
The Trial Resumed in the Presence of the Jury
Mrs Hetty Lyttle
Dr Kenneth Wilson
Dr Albert Wells
Desmond Curran in the Witness Box
The Defence
Defence Counsel's Opening Speech
Medical Evidence of the Defence
Brenda Gordon in the Witness Box
Douglas Gordon
Mrs Gordon Recalled
Expert Psychiatric Evidence
Dr Rossiter Lewis
Dr James Alexander Savage Mulligan
Inadmissible Expert Evidence
Evidence of RAF Officers
Defence Closing Speech
The Judge Sums-up
Was the Summing-up of the Judge Fair?
A Case for "Justice"
Denial of Guilt
Efforts of Gordon's Parents
Petition
Application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
New Evidence
Undisclosed Statements
Gideon Crawford
Other Witnesses
Man with a Large Facial Scar
Other Suspects
The Steel Family's Evidence
Patrick Mulrine
Richard Gould.
Sarah Elizabeth White
James Killen Spence
The Criminal Cases Review Commission
Some Miscarriages of Justice
Police Corruption
The CCRC take up Gordon's Case
Independent Body
Legal Hiccup
Review of the Confession
Fresh Expert Evidence
Conclusions
Non-Disclosure of Evidence
The Duty of Disclosure
Instances of Non-Disclosure
Identification Evidence
Visual Identification and the Law
The Summing-up of the Lord Chief Justice
On Appeal
Dismissive Reference to Fresh Evidence
Original Verdict "Unsafe"
Judgment
The Test of an Unsafe Finding
The Application of Current Standards
Whether the Finding was Unsafe
The Conduct of the Trial
The Judge's Summing-up
Dr Lewis's Evidence
Non-Disclosure of Documents
Marcella Devlin's Statement
The Admissibility of the Confession
The Additional Medical Evidence
The Safety of the Finding of Guilt
The Relationship of the Court of Appeal to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Dismissive Attitude
The Case of Derek Bentley
The Case of Ruth Ellis
The Case of James Hanratty
The Case of Timothy Evans
R v Gore
The Influence of Stormont Policies on the Legal Process
Abuse of Power
Weakness of Defence Team
Disturbing Factors
Aftermath
Nightmares
Summing-Up
Who was the true murderer?
Select Bibliography
Index
Also by John Hostettler
Back cover.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 26, 2013).
ISBN:
9781908162380
1908162384
9781908162373
1908162376
OCLC:
868919465

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