Revisiting The Past 🪶 Why New Legal Thinking Is Needed For Legacy Cases

Christy Walsh ✍This article is motivated in part by my reading of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in R v McConville and Wootton, back in 2014, which left a lasting impression on me. The court openly stated (see paras 36 and 144-147) to this effect: “We don’t know what you did, but we know you did it.” That is not guilt beyond reasonable doubt. To my understanding, the two men