Falsely accused. Wrongly imprisoned. He fought for justice to clear his father’s name.
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.
prison
rebellion
based on novel or book
parent child relationship
faith
1970s
biography
northern ireland
trial
torture
terrorism
ira (irish republican army)
ireland
courtroom
prison riot
belfast, north ireland
terrorist bombing
english police
father son conflict
innocent in jail
father son relationship
innocent man
irish history
corrupt police officials
petty thief
irish
corrupt legal system
corrupt district attorney
empathetic
irish resistance
irish writer
british injustice