the Birmingham Six
/ðə ˌbɜːmɪŋəm ˈsɪks/
/ðə ˌbɜːrmɪŋəm ˈsɪks/
- six Irishmen who were sent to prison for life in England for putting IRA bombs in two pubs in Birmingham, England, in 1974. The bombs had killed 21 people, but the six men protested that they were innocent. In the 1980s new scientific tests proved that the evidence against them was not reliable, and that the police had changed their notes. In 1991 the Six were set free. The police officers responsible for their being sent to prison were never punished. This was one of several cases at around the same time that made the British public doubt the honesty of the police, particularly when dealing with Irish or black people.
伯明翰六号：六名爱尔兰人，由于1974年将IRA炸弹放在英格兰伯明翰的两个酒吧而被判终身监禁，炸死了21人，但六人抗议说他们是无辜的。在1980年代，新的科学测试证明，针对他们的证据是不可靠的，并且警察已经更改了他们的笔记。1991年，六辆车被释放。负责将他们送进监狱的警察从未受到惩罚。这是几乎同时发生的几起案件之一，使英国公众怀疑警察的诚实，尤其是在与爱尔兰人或黑人打交道时。