That happened to me at the beginning of Fox’s new drama, Proven Innocent. At the beginning of the series, about a group of plucky lawyers who overturn the convictions of innocent people, Madeline Scott (Rachelle Lefevre) visits Caleb, a man who she believes committed the crime that her client is currently in jail for.
Apr 21, 2020 · Accused: Guilty or Innocent?: With Christine Branstad, Shelly Carter, Jason Carter, Alison Kanne. An intimate account of what happens when someone is formally charged with a crime and sent to trial as told by the perspective of the …
Proven Innocent premieres Friday, February 15 at 9 p.m. on FOX. Amy Amatangelo, the TV Gal®, is a Boston-based freelance writer, a member of the …
The Lincoln Laywer. CAST: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell & Christopher Gorham. Based on the novel The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly, the series follows Los Angeles defense attorney Mickey Haller. Mickey has an unorthodox lifestyle as he works exclusively out of his chauffeur-driven Lincoln Town Car.
Emma Banville (Helen McCrory), a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell (Sam Swainsbury), who was convicted for the murder of a school girl fourteen years earlier. Stars: Brooke Haynes, Helen McCrory, Sam Swainsbury, Jonathan Forbes. Votes: 4,429.
Before Breaking Bad, there was already Saul Goodman. The Sleazy, Hustling yet cunning Lawyer from Breaking Bad now get it's own serious about who he became the person he has become. A few seasons have passed and many fans now prefer Better Call Saul over Breaking Bad. Watch the trailer of Better Call Saul
After losing a murder case a prosecutor previously based in L.A. moves to Oregan. When the killer who got away strikes again, she is taking things into her own hands. Watch the trailer of The Fix
Your Honor. CREATOR: Peter Moffat. CAST: Bryan Cranston, Hunter Doohan & Michael Stuhlbarg. Michael Desiato is a New Orleans judge who is willing to defend his son at any cost and may have to do so when his boy Adam becomes involved with a hit and run incident. Defending his son may be a tough feat, however, as Adam’s crimes are involved with ...
Deputy District Attorney Mark Callan (Wilson Bethel) is Lola’s best friend. Numerous stories of the many roles of the court are explored which includes bailiffs, clerks and cops, as Lola continues to push the boundaries of being a tough but fair judge. Watch the trailer of All Rise.
A Los Angeles courthouse becomes the center of many stirring and intriguing cases in this legal drama. Judge Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick) is a good-natured and idealistic judge who serves in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Deputy District Attorney Mark Callan (Wilson Bethel) is Lola’s best friend. Numerous stories of the many roles of the court are explored which includes bailiffs, clerks and cops, as Lola continues to push the boundaries of being a tough but fair judge. Watch the trailer of All Rise
Han Soo-ho is a top judge in the court of law. But when Soo-ho ends up missing, Kang-ho decides to take on his brother’s work by assuming his identity. As the mystery unravels about what happened to Soo-ho, Kang-ho struggles to work his way through such a tough job. Watch the trailer of Your Honor.
Perry Mason 2020. CREATOR: Rolin Jones. CAST: Matthew Rhys, Tatiana Maslany & John Lithgow. Based on the classic TV series and the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner, Matthew Rhys now takes on the role of the legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason.
By Mike Hale. Feb. 10, 2020. “For Life,” the new ABC drama about a Bronx inmate on a life sentence who becomes a lawyer, belongs in the small but increasingly relevant genre of the unjust-incarceration story, joining works like the currently screening film “Just Mercy” and Ava Duvernay’s Netflix documentary, “13th.”.
But a lot of it has to do with casting, beginning with the steady, measured performance of Nicholas Pinnock as Wallace, who’s nine years into a life sentence after being framed for a drug crime.
The most interesting thing, though, in both dramatic and thematic terms, is Wallace’s willingness to bend and break the rules to advance his agenda — from his choices of which inmates’ causes to adopt, to lying, to outright fabrication of evidence.
Masry is Wallace’s ally but his double-pronged strategy, in which he uses the cases of other prisoners as part of a long-term campaign to free himself, often threatens her own position. Without any histrionics or posturing, Varma nails the character’s blend of idealism and realpolitik, compassion and trepidation.
Better-than-the-network-average has been the byword of the show’s creator, Hank Steinberg , whose previous series were “The Nine,” “Without a Trace” and “The Last Ship.” They played unusual variations on crime and combat formulas, and their inventiveness was always notable if not always successful. (One of the show’s executive producers is Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, who’s also a producer of the Starz series “Power.”)
One interesting thing about “For Life,” at this early stage, is how it takes a story grounded in race — Wallace, an African-American, is railroaded by a white district attorney, Glen Maskins (Boris McGiver, whose ability to combine menace and condescension is perfectly used) — and then crosses it up. Wallace’s need to cooperate, and coexist, with representatives of the prison and legal systems puts him in precarious situations, and reveals how loyalties can run deeper along institutional lines than racial ones.
The viewer is on Wallace’s side, of course, but so far the show doesn’t try to tell us how we should feel about his tactics, and that’s a winning strategy.
58m. Mat enlists Zoe, a private investigator, to help him track down Olivia. Lorena tries to figure out how Mat fits into the death of the mysterious nun. 4. Episode 4. 58m. The nun's body is squirreled away by federal agents, which infuriates Lorena. Zoe tracks down Olivia's location, and she and Mat rush to find her.
Mat enlists Zoe , a private investigator, to help him track down Olivia. Lorena tries to figure out how Mat fits into the death of the mysterious nun.
Olivia is reunited with an old friend. Out of frustration, Lorena quits the force but is lured back with a promise of free rein. 8. Episode 8. 71m. Kimmy gives Olivia the info she needs. Mat thinks he's free until new charges come up against him and he realizes who's been after him all along.
We love watching documentaries about them and we totally dig shows that revolve around the lives of prisoners. But we would never want to be a part of that hostile surrounding. Some of the best movies like ‘ The Shawshank Redemption ‘ and TV Shows like ‘Prison Break’ have been set up in prisons and the whole prison scenario adds great value to these. It’s always fascinating to watch a heroic innocent figure who ends up in prison just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Yet, the character does not break under the pressures of the prison life and somehow manages to get through, eventually proving it to everyone that the confinements of prison are not enough to break him/her.
‘Prison Playbook’ is a South Korean comedy-drama series that revolves around the life of a Baseball pitcher who is almost at the peak of his career but somehow lands himself in prison after he tries to protect his sister from a sexual assault. All this happens a few days before he was about to play for the Boston Red Sox. But now behind the bars, he needs to learn to survive and adapt to the prison environment. ‘Prison Playbook’ portrays the prison life in a surprisingly new way- with a whole lot of comedy. You will surely fall in love with the characters of this series and you will find yourself laughing and crying with them. You might even have a hard time going back to watching US-based TV shows after watching this one because it sets the standard too high.
Life can be really unfair sometimes to certain people and one of these is Kalief Browder. At the sensitive age of 16 Kalief was charged for a crime he did not even commit and was sent to solitary confinement at Rikers Island Prison for three long years.
‘Enemigo Intimo’ follows the tragic story of two siblings named Alejandro and his younger sister Roxana get separated from each other when their parents get murdered by a drug cartel in Mexico. The two siblings cross paths 25 years later without even recognizing each other. But the bigger twist is that the two are on completely different sides of the law. One is captain in the federal police and seeks revenge from the Narcos for destroying his family and the other, Roxana, gets into a diamond smuggling business. Upon getting caught, Roxanna is sen to a prison in Mexico that houses the most diverse and dangerous criminals. This is where the two meet each other and though they are unaware of the fact that they are related, they hold a common intention now, and that is to destroy the Narcos and avenge the murder of their parents.
Upon getting caught, Roxanna is sen to a prison in Mexico that houses the most diverse and dangerous criminals. This is where the two meet each other and though they are unaware of the fact that they are related, they hold a common intention now, and that is to destroy the Narcos and avenge the murder of their parents.
In 1986 Michael Morton’s wife Christine is brutally murdered in front of their only child, and Michael is convicted of the crime. Locked away in Texas prisons for a quarter century, he has years to ponder questions of justice and innocence, truth and fate. Though he is virtually invisible to society, a team of dedicated attorneys spends years fighting for the right to test DNA evidence found at the murder scene. Their discoveries ultimately reveal that the price of a wrongful conviction goes well beyond one man’s loss of freedom.
This documentary, produced by a former Innocence Project clinic student, focuses on the DNA exonerations of seven wrongfully convicted men. It received the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize.
This 2010 episode of PBS’ Frontline examines the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas in 2004 for allegedly setting a fire that killed his three young daughters 13 years earlier. He always claimed his innocence, and the arson investigation used to convict him was questioned by leading experts before Willingham was executed. Since 2004, further evidence in the case has led to the inescapable conclusion that Willingham did not set the fire for which he was executed.
The Central Park Five. In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and charged with brutally attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News media swarmed the case, calling them a “wolfpack.”.
Scenes of a Crime explores a nearly 10-hour interrogation that culminates in a disputed confession, and an intense, high-profile child murder trial in New York state.
Filmmakers Ray Klonsky and Marc Lamy set out to help their friend David McCallum, who was forced to confess to a 1985 murder he didn’t commit as a teenager, prove his innocence. The friendship between Klonsky and McCallum began over a decade ago, when McCallum contacted Klonsky’s father after reading an article he wrote about Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a former boxer and exoneree who became a strong advocate for the wrongly convicted.
Netflix recently announced that a second season is coming soon and will follow up on the post-conviction process.
Earlier this week The New York Times profiled Betty Anne Waters (portrayed in the film by Hilary Swank), who put herself through law school in order to exonerate her brother. As is so often the case, her story is more fascinating than the melodrama of a Hollywood production.
When Kenny won his freedom in 2001, it seemed like the ready-made Hollywood ending for their story. But real life doesn’t always offer happily-ever-afters:
Kenny Waters is hardly the only person wrongly imprisoned, and the video below from an Innocence Project event is evidence enough why there must always be voices for the voiceless, especially when that person is a prisoner. If you watch this video for several minutes you’ll see Betty Anne Waters speak for her brother — once again.