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MAS THIS ACTION BEEN TAKEN TO HELP ANTHONY GREY? THIS ACTION
IS IN NO WAY CONNECTED WITH THE UNFORTUNATE PLIGHT OF MR. ANTHONY GRY. RECENTLY A NUMBER OF ITEMS OF EMERGENCY LEGISLATION HAVE
BEEN WITHDRAWN AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LONG-TERM PRISONERS
SERVING PRISON SENTENCES, FOR OFFENCES WHICH TOOK PLACE UNDER
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION WHILE IT WAS IN FORCE. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES
AND IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGED CONDITIONS, THE GOVERNOR HAS THEREFORE
DIRECTED THE BOARD OF REVIEW TO EXAMINE THE RECORDS OF ALL
PRISONERS CURRENTLY SERVING FOUR YEARS OR MORE IN PRISON FOR
OFFENCES CONNECTED WITH THE 1967 DISTURBANCES TO SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN INDIVIDUAL CASES WHICH MIGHT
JUSTIFY A REMISSION OF SENTENCE. IT IS SOLELY FOR THESE REASONS
THAT THE REVIEW IS TAKING PLACE.
5. ARE MORE PRISONERS TO HAVE THEIR SENTENCES REDUCED? THE REVIEW
IS CONTINUING ON ALL PRISONERS SERVING SENTENCES OF FOUR YEARS
OR MORE FOR OFFENCES WHICH TOOK PLACE IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1967
DISTURBANCES. IT IS NOT YET KNOWN WHETHER ANY OTHER REDUCTIONS
IN SENTENCES WILL BE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR NOR, IF SUCH
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE, WHETHER OR NOT THE GOVERNOR WOULD ACT
UPON THEM.
6. HOW MANY PRISONERS ARE HAVING THEIR SENTENCES REVIEWED?
THERE ARE ABOUT 143 PRISONERS SERVING SENTENCES OF FOUR YEARS OR
MORE FOR OFFENCES CONNECTED WITH THE 1967 DISTURBANCES.
THEY WILL ALL HAVE THEIR SENTENCES REVIEWED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE
MONTHS.
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WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE PRISON BOARD OF REVIEW? THE PRISON
BOARD OF REVIEW IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE MEMBERS ARE:
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