The Innocence Files

Limited Series

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Cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn.

Where to Watch The Innocence Files • Limited Series

9 Episodes

The Evidence: Indeed and Without Doubt
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The Evidence: Indeed and Without DoubtThe Innocence Files goes to Noxubee County, Mississippi to examine the 1990 abduction and murder of Courtney Smith and the prosecution and arrest of Levon Brooks. The court finds him guilty after the use of questionable forensic bite-mark evidence by an aggressive district attorney. Later, when another young girl is murdered another man Kennedy Brewer is sentenced with the use of similar bite mark evidence.
The Evidence: The Truth Will Defend Me
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The Evidence: The Truth Will Defend MeThe Innocence Files examines how Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer were sent to prison on the basis of questionable forensic dental evidence. It looks at the history of forensic dental evidence from its use against serial killer Ted Bunday to its later misuse in the cases of Brooks and Brewer. From prison, Brewer reaches out to the Innocence Project which investigates the cases and gets them set free.
The Evidence: The Duty to Correct
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The Evidence: The Duty to CorrectThe Innocence Files follows in lawyers of the Innocence Project as they investigate bogus forensic science that has been use prosecute innocent people. It looks at the history of forensic science and how it fails to amount to actual science despite its popularity in media. It looks at the case of Keith Harward who was convicted based on questionable dental evidence.
The Witness: The Murder of Donald Sarpy
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The Witness: The Murder of Donald SarpyThe Innocence Files looks at the 1991 drive-by shooting murder of Donald Sarpy in Los Angeles. Six days after the shooting police arrest teenager Franky Carrillo based on eyewitness testimony elicited by the police. Despite the lack of physical evidence Carrillo is sent to prison for twenty years.
The Witness: The Trials of Franky Carrillo
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The Witness: The Trials of Franky CarrilloStunning twists revive Franky's hopes for exoneration when his new legal team untangles the flawed eyewitness testimonies that sealed his fate.
The Witness: Making Memory
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The Witness: Making MemoryThe Innocence Files examines how there are serious problems with eyewitness testimony. It examines the 1984 case of a Richmond teenager accused of rape who is identified with 100% certainty by multiple victims. Twenty-five years later DNA testing is used to exonerate him and to identify the correct assailant.
The Prosecution: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
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The Prosecution: Wrong Place, Wrong TimeThe Innocence Files goes to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to examine the case of Chester Hollman III who is accused of murdering a foreign exchange student. He is convicted of the crime after prosecutors conceals from the defense evidence that would impeach a key witness. Chester is sent to prison for life without parole.
The Prosecution: Hidden Alibi
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The Prosecution: Hidden AlibiA suspect in a Houston cop's murder has a solid alibi — until his girlfriend suddenly changes her story. Years later she reveals an explosive secret.
The Prosecution: The Million Dollar Man
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The Prosecution: The Million Dollar ManThe Innocence Files goes to Macomb County, Michigan, in order to examine the case of Kenneth Wyniemko who was arrested and convicted of criminal sexual misconduct on the basis of a problematic police sketch and a questionable prison informant. He is later released with the help of the Innocence Project and DNA testing.