Proved Innocent - Gerry Conlon

Advantages: a book that will make you both angry and sad
Disadvantages: it's a true story

...the Guildford Four. Proved innocent is Gerry Conlon's account of his life before and after the trial of the Guildford Four. It also addresses the issues of how four innocent people were basically stitched up for this crime. It looks at how the Maguires and Gerry's own father were arrested on charges of making the explosives for Guildford. It gives a damning account of our so-called justice system and the treatment that people can receive at the hands ...
...his dignity. Guiseppe Conlon's manner proved to other prisoners that he was innocent, even the prison governor knowing how ill he was lobbied the home office for parole. Guiseppe’s health rapidly deteriorated during December 1979. Guiseppe was transferred from the prison hospital to Hammersmith Hospital, he did make some progress but was returned back to the prison hospital. Gerry last saw his father alive on the 18th January. Guiseppe on his death ... Read review