Explosive justice
Sir: Fiat justitia, ruat caelum. But, as you argue under the heading 'Explosive Jus- tice' (10 January), failure to right known wrongs is also politically damaging.
When I first raised in 1980 the distressing case of Patrick Joseph (Giuseppe) Conlon, who died in captivity after convictions with the Maguires, I concluded my speech:
Throughout the United Kingdom we defend the rule of law against terrorism. Let the Conlon case be studied afresh by expert opinion — scientific as well as legal, for ►n the just struggle against terrorism we vitiate our cause unless we do all within our power to keep the sword and scales of justice clean and unsullied.
In reply, Mr Leon Brittan, then Minister of State at the Home Office, said that 'at present there are no grounds' for the Home Secretary to act. Mr Hurd cannot say that now.
John Biggs-Davison
House of Commons, London SW1
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