Arthur Conan Doyle
during the Easter Rising out of conviction for his Irish nationalist views. Conan Doyle
tried, unsuccessfully, to save Casement from the death penalty, arguing that he had been
driven mad and was not responsible for his actions.
Conan Doyle was also a fervent advocate of justice, and personally investigated two
closed cases, which led to two imprisoned men being released. The first case, in 1906,
involved a shy half-British, half-Indian lawyer named George Edalji, who had allegedly
penned threatening letters and mutilated animals. Police were set on Edalji's conviction,
even though the mutilations continued after their suspect was jailed.
It was partially as a result of this case that the Court of Criminal Appeal was established
in 1907, so not only did Conan Doyle help George Edalji, his work helped establish a
way to correct other miscarriages of justice. The story of Conan Doyle and Edalji is told
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