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Sat 07 Jul 2009No-jury trials to stop gangs subverting justice, claim Ministers
GANGLAND CRIMINALS are increasingly undermining the legal system and must face no-jury trials before the Special Criminal Court to stop the intimidation of jurors, Cabinet Ministers have told the Dáil.
Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea said that the “brazenness and bravado” of the Limerick gangs is now such that “they now seriously believe they have won and that they hold the entire city and region to ransom”.
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