Ethel Kennedy had also demonstrated her interest in the Irish situation in a very personal way. Her son-in-law, Paul Hill, who is married to her daughter, Courtney, was one of the wrongfully convicted Guildford Four. He had been released in 1989 after serving fifteen years, but his life had been on hold since then because there was also a conviction alleging involvement in the murder of a British soldier dating back to the time of his conviction. Ethel, her son Joe, a congressman, and a phalanx of Kennedy relations descended on Belfast for the hearing of Hill’s appeal, staying in a guest house
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