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<text id=92TT0438>
<title>
Mar. 02, 1992: World Notes:Britain
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Mar. 02, 1992 The Angry Voter
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 35
World Notes
BRITAIN
Coming Home To a Cell
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<p> To the British government, Joe Doherty is simply a killer,
but in the U.S. the Northern Irishman's fight to evade a life in
prison has been a political cause celebre. Last week the
escaped murderer's nine-year legal struggle came to an end as
he was finally sent home.
</p>
<p> In May 1980, a member of Britain's Special Air Service was
killed in a shoot-out in Belfast with Doherty and three other
I.R.A. members preparing an ambush. Charged with murder, Doherty
escaped just as his trial was concluding. After his arrest in
1983 for entering the U.S. illegally, the British government
sought his extradition. But a federal judge in Manhattan ruled
that the murder had been a political act and denied the
application. Doherty remained in jail, and his cause was taken
up by members of the Irish-American community, including
prominent politicians.
</p>
<p> After extradition was blocked by the courts, the Justice
Department began trying to deport Doherty. Last month the
Supreme Court removed the last obstacle when it denied Doherty
a new hearing. "I found myself seeking the safety and sanctuary
of the American Dream," he said. "This dream for me will end in
a nightmare."
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