A civil trial against Gerry Adams, the former leader of the Irish political party Sinn Fein, wraps up today. Three men are seeking to hold him personally liable for injuries caused in a number of bombings by the Irish Republican Army, or IRA. The case hinges on the slippery question of whether Adams orchestrated and participated in violence or was a spectator like everyone else. Ilya Marritz reports from London.
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