Would the British soldiers who shot unarmed civilians on Bloody Sunday be subjected to the same justice? he asked. “Why is everybody not being treated equally for conflict-related offences?” Because there was never any mechanism established for dealing with the past, the official approach to decades-old atrocities was entirely ad hoc, which left everyone unhappy. There were inquests and investigations by the police ombudsman and special government inquiries. The past was big business for criminal justice. Every day, the Belfast papers carried reports of some new cold case that would now be
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