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Court Quashes Miscarriage of Justice Ruling | Dublin News
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The Court of Appeal has overturned a landmark miscarriage of justice certificate granted to Michael Connolly, ruling it was a legal error — the Special Criminal Court had no authority to issue it. Connolly, jailed for 14 months on an IRA membership conviction that was later quashed, was initially convicted in 2017 based on flawed Garda belief evidence that violated the double-counting rule. Though acquitted in retrial in 2019, the court now says the original miscarriage certificate was invalid because mere procedural errors don’t meet the threshold for such a declaration — setting a precedent on how justice is measured in complex criminal cases.
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