Chapter 4: End of the Line

04/19/23 • 50 min

Alleged murderer Phllip Harkins kept asking questions fundamenal to freedom and rights in UK and international law. We take a look at how a legal system is supposed to work.
Background:
The process was under the Extradition Act 1989.
2007: Harkins v Secretary of State [EWHC 639 (Admin)]
2011: Inzunza & Others v United States of America & Ors [EWHC 920 (Admin)]
2012: Harkins and Edwards v the United Kingdom [ECHR 021 (2012)]
2014: Harkins v Secretary of State [EWHC 3209 (Admin)]
2012: Vinter and Others v the United Kingdom [ECHR 073 (2012)]
2014: Trabelsi v Belgium [ECHR 247 (2014)]

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An Inverclyde woman is dead after a car crash in Greenock, Scotland. This tragic incident not as far removed from the murder on the Florisa boat ramp as it may first seem.

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Chapter 5: 17 Judges

Phillip Harkins takes his case to the highest court in Europe, the European Court of Human Rights. After watching the hearing from Florida, the mother of murder victim Joshua Hayes talks about the lifelong ramifications of his death and her fight for justice.
ECHR hearing courtesy of and © ECHR-CEDH. Full hearing recordingBackground: 2017: Harkins v the United Kingdom [ECHR 239 (2017)]