5: Justice Served?

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Terminus: The Stories of Atlanta

Society & Culture


With Eric Rudolph in custody and facing life in prison for the Centennial Olympic Park bombing, as well as the bombings of two abortion clinics and a lesbian bar, it would seem that justice had been served.  But had it? Even though he would get his dream job, Richard Jewell would spend the rest of his life facing the stigma of being originally suspected as the Olympic bomber.  The court rulings in his favor and even parodies on Saturday Night Live never completely erased the moniker of “bombing suspect” that he had acquired.