UK Supreme Court overturns jailbreak convictions of Northern Ireland's Adams
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The British Supreme Court overturned two 1975 convictions of Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams for trying to escape from a prison in Northern Ireland, ruling on Wednesday that his initial detention had not been lawful.