Link to story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24999051
One of the many tragedies of the "troubles" in Northern Ireland is that there are hundreds of people who were disappeared by paramilitaries. The families of the disappeared don't know where the bodies were dumped and haven't had the opportunity to recover their loved ones.
One suggestion is that if there was in effect an amnesty then the location of these bodies may be revealed and the families can have closure.
The contrary view is that a crime is a crime and there shouldn't be a reward to the paramilitaries for revealing where the bodies are buried.
My personal view is that it is unlikely that there will be many trials or convictions for the murders perpetrated during the troubles (by Republicans, Unionists or indeed members of the security services) because IMO there is a lack of political will (or more specifically there is plenty of political will to go after "their" alleged killers but not much to go after "ours") and it's unlikely that without a remarkable stroke of luck that the location of the bodies will ever be found so that there isn't much to loose by offering this amnesty.
That said I can understand the precedent that this could set and the opposition to it but I personally think that there is less to lose than there is to gain.
One of the many tragedies of the "troubles" in Northern Ireland is that there are hundreds of people who were disappeared by paramilitaries. The families of the disappeared don't know where the bodies were dumped and haven't had the opportunity to recover their loved ones.
One suggestion is that if there was in effect an amnesty then the location of these bodies may be revealed and the families can have closure.
The contrary view is that a crime is a crime and there shouldn't be a reward to the paramilitaries for revealing where the bodies are buried.
My personal view is that it is unlikely that there will be many trials or convictions for the murders perpetrated during the troubles (by Republicans, Unionists or indeed members of the security services) because IMO there is a lack of political will (or more specifically there is plenty of political will to go after "their" alleged killers but not much to go after "ours") and it's unlikely that without a remarkable stroke of luck that the location of the bodies will ever be found so that there isn't much to loose by offering this amnesty.
That said I can understand the precedent that this could set and the opposition to it but I personally think that there is less to lose than there is to gain.
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