The Provos asked for it

Without getting into whether or not one supports the IRA and it's "struggle", it seems that they were asking for trouble by strong-arming Gingy into killing the judge. It would seem obvious to me that he'd be much more likely to turn “tout” than a real volunteer would be. I read somewhere that the IRA didn't actually force people into doing things like that but as an American I don't know if that's true. Of course, that whole scenario could very well have been devised to make Gingy more sympathetic to the audience. Not too many people really empathize with a snitch no matter what their political inclinations may be.