The Innocence Files: Season 1

2020

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9 episodes
Documentary

Nine-episode Netflix documentary series chronicling eight cases of wrongful conviction, and the fight to free them undertaken by the The Innocence... More

Nine-episode Netflix documentary series chronicling eight cases of wrongful conviction, and the fight to free them undertaken by the The Innocence Project.

"Through the lens of three compelling parts – The Evidence, The Witness and The Prosecution. These stories expose difficult truths about the state of America’s deeply flawed criminal justice system, while showing when the innocent are convicted, it is not just one life that is irreparably damaged forever: families, victims of crime and trust in the system are also broken in the process. The Innocence Files is executive produced and directed by Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney and Roger Ross Williams." (Netflix)

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Where to watch The Innocence Files: Season 1

The Innocence Files: Season 1 is available to stream in... More New Zealand now on Netflix.

The Innocence Files: Season 1 episodes

The Evidence: Indeed and Without Doubt

Dubious bite mark evidence — and the controversial dentist presenting... More it — cement convictions in the murders of two Mississippi toddlers in the 1990s.

The Evidence: The Truth Will Defend Me

Despite exonerating DNA evidence, Innocence Project lawyers face a racially... More charged battle in Mississippi to free two men imprisoned for decades.

The Evidence: The Duty to Correct

In a crusade to discredit bogus forensics and raise awareness,... More the Innocence Project enlists allies including former convicts betrayed by the system.

The Witness: The Murder of Donald Sarpy

A drive-by shooting homicide in 1991 stokes an LA gang... More war. Teen Franky Carrillo is arrested, beginning a nightmare driven by defiant officials.

The Witness: The Trials of Franky Carrillo

Stunning twists revive Franky's hopes for exoneration when his new... More legal team untangles the flawed eyewitness testimonies that sealed his fate.

The Witness: Making Memory

In 1984, a teen is convicted when multiple rape victims... More identify him with "100% certainty." Decades into his imprisonment a harrowing truth surfaces.

The Prosecution: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Shortly after a Philadelphia murder, nearby Chester Hollman is arrested.... More To guarantee his conviction, police and prosecution cross indefensible lines.

The Prosecution: Hidden Alibi

A suspect in a Houston cop's murder has a solid... More alibi — until his girlfriend suddenly changes her story. Years later she reveals an explosive secret.

The Prosecution: The Million Dollar Man

A problematic police sketch incriminates a rape suspect in 1994,... More while a trove of DNA evidence goes untested. Then a determined new lawyer steps in.

The Innocence Files: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

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"Essentially, The Innocence Files isn't so much of a series, but a case-by-case indictment of a system where being poor is the biggest crime of all."

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Screen Daily

"The best compliment I can pay “The Innocence Files” is that it reminded me of one of the best documentaries of all time, Errol Morris’ “The Thin Blue Line,” another work about injustice that changed the way people looked at the entire system. Hopefully, this will have the same kind of effect."

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RogerEbert.com

"The Innocence Files is potent in that it shows how wrongful convictions not only destroy individual lives, but also have an impact on science, on what is taken seriously as a legitimate piece of evidence."

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Independent

"It’s infuriating, but it’s a feeling every person in this country needs to experience if we’re ever going to see the extreme reform the justice system so glaringly needs."

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