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Convicting the innocent: how a rotten system ensures miscarriages of justice will continue

The following story is the winner of The Conversation Prize for writers, a competition run in partnership with Faber and Curtis Brown. Read more about the competition here.

The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025

Paddy Hill obituary

One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for the 1974 pub bombings in the city who spent 17 years in jail

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025

Man wrongly convicted of Birmingham pub bombings dies at age of 80

Paddy Hill was among a group which became known as the Birmingham Six.

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024

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A 50-year battle for truth: the Birmingham pub bombings and the price of injustice

When bombs tore through two crowded pubs in central Birmingham on the evening of November 21 1974, they claimed the lives of 21 people and injured 220 more. They also led to the wrongful conviction of six men.

The Conversation · Nov 21, 2024

Michael Mansfield KC: ‘The two-party system is a straitjacket’

The barrister famous for his work on landmark cases such as Grenfell, Stephen Lawrence and the Birmingham Six has written a book about fighting injustice

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023

Hugh Callaghan obituary

One of the Birmingham Six who spent 16 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the 1974 pub bombings

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

Birmingham Six member Hugh Callaghan dies aged 93

Tribute paid to ‘values of forgiveness and gentle optimism’ of man wrongly jailed for 16 years over 1974 IRA atrocity

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023

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