No charges in ‘72 murder after Boston College released materials
A BC oral history project on Northern Ireland led to an arrest, but wasn’t enough evidence for a charge.
Last year, a Boston College oral history project on the conflict in Northern Ireland led to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams’s arrest in connection with a 42-year-old murder. But now, Adams won’t face any charges, The Boston Globe reports.
Participants in the BC project spoke under the premise that their statements would be confidential until their deaths, according to the Globe.
Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas for all interviews concerning the death of Jean McConnville, who was a widowed mother of 10 who was abducted, shot, and secretly buried by the IRA in 1972 after she was accused of being an informer. Boston College initially fought the subpoena, but eventually turned over the materials to British authorities, the Globe reported.
Allegations in these interviewed led to Adams’s arrest, but the evidence was deemed “insufficient,’’ according to Pamela Atchison, deputy director of public prosecutions.
Read the full Globe story here.
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