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#168 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - The Birmingham Six

#168 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - The Birmingham Six

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#168 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - The Birmingham Six

FromWrongful Conviction

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The thing about torture is that it works, at least if your only goal is to find a scapegoat.

Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin take us to Birmingham, England. In 1972, two pubs were bombed, and six innocent Irish men were tortured into giving false confessions. The Birmingham Six were freed in 1991, but the crime’s never been solved. To this day, the public demands to know who really planted those bombs.

Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1.

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Released:
Nov 2, 2020
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Based on the files of the lawyers who freed them, Wrongful Conviction features interviews with men and women who have spent decades in prison for crimes they did not commit – some of them had even been sentenced to death. These are their stories.