Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - The Birmingham Six

Season 12, Episode 9,   Nov 02, 2020, 05:12 AM

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

A portion of this podcast series’ proceeds will be donated to the Center on Wrongful Convictions. To donate, learn more, or get involved, go to <a href="http://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/&quot; target="_blank">http://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/&lt;/a&gt;

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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

A portion of this podcast series’ proceeds will be donated to the Center on Wrongful Convictions. To donate, learn more, or get involved, go to http://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/

Learn more and get involved at https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/false-confessions