Biography
William Joseph Quinn, an American-born member of the Provisional IRA, was sought by the United Kingdom for the 1975 killing of London police constable Stephen Tibble and a letter-bomb campaign. Arrested in San Francisco on September 30, 1981, he became the first IRA member extradited from the United States to Britain, in October 1986, after a landmark legal battle (Quinn v. Robinson) over the "political offense" exception to extradition. He was convicted in the U.K. and later released under the Good Friday Agreement.
Actual transfer, not release to freedom
The facts and custody footnote in the primary Quinn v. Robinson opinion were reviewed. The contemporary UPI handover report was available as indexed source text; direct retrieval failed and was not bypassed or claimed fully read. Images of the slain constable, Attica guard, governor, actor and other namesakes are not Quinn portraits. No asset installed.
