Imprisoned for a Crime They Didn't Commit – The Guildford Four
The Guildford Four were wrongfully convicted in 1975 for the IRA bombings of two pubs in Guildford, which killed five people and injured dozens. The four—Gerry Conlon, Paul Hill, Patrick Armstrong, and Carole Richardson—were subjected to coerced confessions, police misconduct, and a deeply biased trial. Despite the real bombers later confessing, it took 15 years before their convictions were quashed in 1989. Their case stands as a powerful symbol of the dangers of injustice and the urgent need for reform in the UK’s criminal justice system.
