From the day 13 people were shot dead by members of the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment on 30 January 1972, the families disputed British army claims that those killed were IRA gunmen
This is a day for which the families of those killed on Bloody Sunday have been waiting for nearly half a century.
"We are cautiously optimistic," says Julie Anne Campbell, whose uncle Jackie Duddy was one of those killed. It lasted just three weeks and Lord Widgery refused to take evidence from the vast majority of civilian witnesses. It was later revealed that soldiers on duty in Derry that day had been coached on what to say in their statements.
After a long campaign by the families and their supporters, in 1998, then British prime minister Tony Blair appointed a former High Court judge, Lord Saville of Newdigate, to conduct a new public inquiry. Lord Saville said some of those who were shot had been clearly fleeing or going to help the injured and dying.
The families were jubilant. But for many, there was a vital next chapter in the story. They wanted the soldiers responsible to be prosecuted. The prosecution lawyers considered whether cases against each of the individuals would meet the 'Test for Prosecution'.
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