He was the hero security guard who found a bomb before it exploded at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, leading to hundreds of lives being saved. He was celebrated across the world, interviewed on every TV show, appeared on the cover of every newspaper. Until… Richard Jewell was accused of planting the bomb himself, and things took a turn very, very quickly.
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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:
Watch the Clint Eastwood movie “Richard Jewell” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGHnW9hKn94
Read “The Suspect” https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-suspect-kent-alexander/book/9781419735271.html
Read the 1997 Vanity Fair article which started the long process of clearing Richard’s name https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/1fd2d7ae-10d8-474b-9bf1-d1558af697be
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