The Innocence Files
2020 · 1 season · 9 episodes · Ended · Netflix
Documentary
TMDB 7.4 · 39 votes
Guilty until proven innocent.
The personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn.
Episodes
- S01E01The Evidence: Indeed and Without Doubt2020-04-1558m
Dubious bite mark evidence — and the controversial dentist presenting it — cement convictions in the murders of two Mississippi toddlers in the 1990s.
- S01E02The Evidence: The Truth Will Defend Me2020-04-1551m
Despite exonerating DNA evidence, Innocence Project lawyers face a racially charged battle in Mississippi to free two men imprisoned for decades.
- S01E03The Evidence: The Duty to Correct2020-04-1558m
In a crusade to discredit bogus forensics and raise awareness, the Innocence Project enlists allies including former convicts betrayed by the system.
- S01E04The Witness: The Murder of Donald Sarpy2020-04-1553m
A drive-by shooting homicide in 1991 stokes an LA gang war. Teen Franky Carrillo is arrested, beginning a nightmare driven by defiant officials.
- S01E05The Witness: The Trials of Franky Carrillo2020-04-1557m
Stunning twists revive Franky's hopes for exoneration when his new legal team untangles the flawed eyewitness testimonies that sealed his fate.
- S01E06The Witness: Making Memory2020-04-1570m
In 1984, a teen is convicted when multiple rape victims identify him with "100% certainty." Decades into his imprisonment a harrowing truth surfaces.
- S01E07The Prosecution: Wrong Place, Wrong Time2020-04-1586m
Shortly after a Philadelphia murder, nearby Chester Hollman is arrested. To guarantee his conviction, police and prosecution cross indefensible lines.
- S01E08The Prosecution: Hidden Alibi2020-04-1574m
A 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.
- S01E09The Prosecution: The Million Dollar Man2020-04-1566m
A problematic police sketch incriminates a rape suspect in 1994, while a trove of DNA evidence goes untested. Then a determined new lawyer steps in.
