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Several IRA terrorists have been elected to the UK parliament whole in prison. Doesn't mean they were out of prison, they still had to stay in prison
by rmc 14y ago
Several IRA terrorists have been elected to the UK parliament whole in prison. Doesn't mean they were out of prison, they still had to stay in prison
- mmcnickle 14y agoI believe only one, Bobby Sands, was elected to Parliament. The government quickly introduced the Representation of the People Act (1981)[1], to prevent prisoners serving terms longer than a year from being nominated/elected in the future. [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1981