Richard Jewell on Being Wrongly Accused in Olympic Bombing - HISTORY

In a press conference on October 28, 1996, security guard Richard Jewell delivers an emotional account of the hardship he suffered after being erroneously blamed for planting a pipe bomb at the Atlanta Olympic Games on July 27.

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