The following information was gathered solely from the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office. This list includes individuals who are, or have been, incarcerated in the Justice Center, and can include arrests
As she gave evidence to British MPs yesterday, Haugen was flanked by two of charity Whistleblower Aid s leading human rights lawyers from each side of the Atlantic.
Who? Matthew Jury, managing partner, McCue & Partners.
Why is he in the news? Represents Dennis Hutchings, 80, one of several British Army veterans facing trial on charges relating to events during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Hutchings is seeking to go straight to the European Court of Human Rights to end what are alleged to be discriminatory prosecutions of Northern Ireland veterans.
Thoughts on the case: ‘Veterans who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles are up to 54x more likely to be prosecuted than Republican paramilitaries for offences pre-dating the 1998 Belfast Agreement. Anyone who’s committed a crime, soldier or otherwise, should face prosecution. But not by a discriminatory system. That’s a terrible injustice to inflict on anyone, let alone those who served to protect our country’s safety and security. To compound the discrimination, legislation has now been passed that protects veterans who served overseas, but not in Northern Ireland, from suc
Compensation order for IRA suspect
A suspected IRA member blamed for the Hyde Park bombing in 1982 has been ordered to pay more than £700,000 in damages to the daughter of one of the soldiers killed in the operation. Although John Downey was never convicted of the attack, Sarah Jane Young took legal action against him “for vindicatory purposes”, The Times reports. She said she has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, nightmares and flashbacks since the attack, which killed four soldiers at Hyde Park and seven in Regent’s Park.