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SUNDAY HERALD MAGAZINE: VERMONT'S GAY MARRIAGES
The state of Vermont, USA, was one of the first to allow 'civil unions' between same sexes. I travelled there, through one of their most brutal winters, to spend time with the six main plaintiffs, their partners, their lawyers and the politicians involved in the debate. Sitting in a crowded state capitol building as each member of the public got a couple of minutes to record their views was, for me at least, a slice of American democracy at its open and best. Download

SUNDAY HERALD MAGAZINE: CAYMAN ISLANDS MONEY LAUNDERING: AN INVESTIGATION
This story started off small - I spotted a little article about a British Cayman Islands bank going bust - then I was given a tip-off about an FBI investigation; the next thing I knew I'd managed to persuade the DA's office in Newark, New Jersey, to lay out the whole inside story for me. Within a week as I sat in New Jersey speaking to the FBI and looking at internal documents, I half-expected Tony Soprano to walk in the door at any moment. It was an education in how lax UK money-laundering regulations really are. And it all started, in reality, with someone selling door-to-door satellite TV receivers. Download

SUNDAY HERALD MAGAZINE: THE BOMBING OF THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN LONDON: AN INVESTIGATION
This was another alleged miscarriage of justice case which I was asked to independently investigate. Two young Palestinians were jailed for the 1994 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in the middle of London. It was a horrific and meticulously planned terrorist attack. I interviewed policemen, forensic experts, witnesses, family members of the convicted pair and intelligence experts during this four month investigation. Eventually I concluded that something had gone dreadfully wrong during the whole police investigation into the incident. I tried my best to lay the evidence out fairly so that readers could arrive at their own conclusion - see what you think. To date, the two convicted bombers remain in a top security British jail. Download

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