Barbara Jewell(芭芭拉·朱厄尔) stared into the eyes of the television cameras she has come to hate and spoke in tears of how life has changed for her son, Richard(理查德). Richard was named a month ago as a suspect(嫌疑人) in the bombing at Centennial Olympic Park(百年奥林匹克公园), during the Olympic Games in Atlanta(亚特兰大奥运会). "Now my son has no real life," said Mrs. Jewell, a small woman with gray hair, speaking out for the first time since her 33-year-old son was suspected - but never arrested(逮捕) or charged - in the bomb attack(袭击) that killed one person and hurt 111 others.
"He is a prisoner in my home," Mrs. Jewell said to a group of reporters this afternoon. "He cannot work. He cannot live any type of normal life. He can only sit and wait for this terrible period to end."
She asked President Clinton to clear her son's name and asked reporters to tell people that her son was not to blame for the July 27 bombing. After her tear filled request, her son's lawyers said they would sue(控告) several newspapers and television stations over their reporting on the case.
Richard A. Jewell(理查德·朱厄尔), a security guard in Centennial Olympic Park and a former police officer, was at first called a hero for discovering the bomb and helping to get people away from the area. Then news reports, including a special report of the Atlanta Journal (《亚特兰大日报》) , started naming him as a suspect. Since then, television and news reporters have again and again discussed the huge amount of attention focused on Mr. Jewell, which most of the reporters deciding that too many people knew he was a suspect for his name to be kept quiet.
"Last week, a close family friend of twenty-nine years was seriously ill," Mrs. Jewell said. "While he was dying, because Richard did not want to subject him to world attention, he did not go to see him. Richard was not able to see his friend before he died." Her son did go to see the family after his friend died, she said. "When we returned from seeing the family, for the first time I saw my son crying," Mrs. Jewell said, breaking into tears herself as she told the story. He said, "Mama, everybody was looking."
"I do not think any of you can even begin to imagine what our lives are like. Richard is not a murderer(凶手)," said Mrs. Jewell. "But," she said, "most people think he is."
Meanwhile, the Jewells continue to be followed by reporters. "They have taken all privacy from us," Mrs. Jewell said. "They have taken all peace. They have rented an apartment(公寓) which faces our home in order to keep their cameras on us around the clock. They watch and photograph everything we do. We cannot look out the windows. We cannot walk our dogs without being followed down the street."
Mrs. Jewell said she was not just sad and hurt by the situation, but was also angry.
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