Birmingham Six

The Birmingham Six were six Irish men wrongly convicted in 1975 of carrying out pub bombings in Birmingham, England, that killed 21 people. Their convictions were based on questionable police evidence and forced confessions, and they spent 16 years in prison before their convictions were quashed in 1991 after new evidence and reviews showed they were innocent. The case highlighted issues of police misconduct and the importance of fair trials, becoming a significant symbol in the fight against wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in the UK.