Sir, Further to Charles Lysaght's letter (January 20th), Marcus de Burca's superb book Murder at Marlhill did indeed do much to expose the irregularities of Harry Gleeson's initial trial.
Flattering though it is of Mr Lysaght to say so, David Langwallner does not have a doctorate nor has he ever claimed to.
For the sake of clarity, it was the Irish Innocence Project that initiated the novel procedure of an executive pardon and/or an argument within the structure of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 which led to Mr Gleeson’s pardon after an independent inquiry was set up by the Attorney General as a consequence of our submissions. In addition, the project submitted new or newly discovered facts before the independent inquiry, including an independent forensic report. – Yours, etc,
DAVID LANGWALLNER,
TERTIUS VAN EEEDEN,
ANNE DRISCOLL,
Irish Innocence Project,
Justice for
Harry Gleeson Group,
The Law School,
Griffith College Dublin,
South Circular Road,
Dublin 8.