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POLL: Do you think the authorities should stop pursuing criminal charges in Troubles killings?

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09.45 20 Nov 2013


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POLL: Do you think the authorities should stop pursuing criminal charges in Troubles killings?

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The North's Attorney General John Larkin has provoked controversy after proposing there should be no further police investigations into any killings that took place before 1998's Good Friday Agreement. That would include atrocities like Bloody Sunday, the Enniskillen bombing and the Disappeared.

Major political figures from both sides of the border have already started weighing in on Larkin's comments, including Táiniste Eamon Gilmore:

Gilmore says, "I think that we have to put the needs of victims and their families at the centre of what we are doing. There are a very large number of people who were victimised during the Troubles, and were traumatised as a result of what happened. There are families who are looking for closure".

SDLP MLA Alban Maginness, meanwhile, says he believes the suggestion is "inappropriate for the Attorney General to be introducing at this stage".

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What are your views on John Larkin's comments? Should the police both sides of the border still be making efforts to identify and prosecute perpetrators? Is there some merit in Larkin's suggestion as a way of helping oppositional groups in the North work together, or is it important for both personal and political reasons to keep the criminal investigations ongoing? Vote in our poll and leave your comments below.


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