Adams : ` ` There 's only way for our society to change -- and that 's forward , '' says Adams . The Sinn Fein leader says he was n't involved in a 1972 killing . He is now a prominent politician who helped restore peace in Northern Ireland . Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was released Sunday after four days in police custody in connection with the 1972 abduction and killing of a mother of 10 by the Irish Republican Army , police in Northern Ireland said . One other man said the arrest was an attempt to force an election .
Adams : ` ` There 's only way for our society to change -- and that 's forward , '' says Adams . The Sinn Fein leader says he was n't involved in a 1972 killing . He is now a prominent politician who helped restore peace in Northern Ireland . One other man said the arrest was an attempt to force an election .