Hillsborough Soccer Deaths---Hillsborough verdicts quashed after more than 20 years: The deaths of 96 soccer fans in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster will be reinvestigated after Britain's High Court quashed the original inquest verdicts on Wednesday due to a "profound and almost palpable" sense of injustice.
The government also set up a new police investigation into Britain's worst sporting disaster, in a victory for victims' families who never accepted the official version of events and have campaigned for more than 20 years for "Justice for the 96".
Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May said an independent panel's report into Hillsborough had uncovered "truly shocking" evidence that must be investigated.
The Liverpool supporters died after a crush in an enclosed, overcrowded terrace at the stadium in the northern city of Sheffield on April 15, 1989 during an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
An independent inquiry set up by the last government concluded in September that police tried to deflect the blame on to fans to cover up their own incompetence. It suggested 41 lives could have been saved if the emergency response had been quicker.
The original inquests found the deaths were "accidental". However, the government's chief legal advisor, Attorney General Dominic Grieve, applied to the court to quash those verdicts after the Hillsborough panel published its damning report.
Overturning the verdicts, Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, the country's most senior legal authority, said there had been a "profound and palpable belief that justice has not been done and that it cannot be done without and until the full truth is revealed".
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The government also set up a new police investigation into Britain's worst sporting disaster, in a victory for victims' families who never accepted the official version of events and have campaigned for more than 20 years for "Justice for the 96".
Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May said an independent panel's report into Hillsborough had uncovered "truly shocking" evidence that must be investigated.
The Liverpool supporters died after a crush in an enclosed, overcrowded terrace at the stadium in the northern city of Sheffield on April 15, 1989 during an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
An independent inquiry set up by the last government concluded in September that police tried to deflect the blame on to fans to cover up their own incompetence. It suggested 41 lives could have been saved if the emergency response had been quicker.
The original inquests found the deaths were "accidental". However, the government's chief legal advisor, Attorney General Dominic Grieve, applied to the court to quash those verdicts after the Hillsborough panel published its damning report.
Overturning the verdicts, Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, the country's most senior legal authority, said there had been a "profound and palpable belief that justice has not been done and that it cannot be done without and until the full truth is revealed".
Read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/1-hillsborough-verdicts-quashed-more-20-years-153601334--sow.html
