

The Innocence Files
2020-04-15 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.4
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.
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- Creators
- Roger Ross Williams, Alex Gibney
- Production companies
- Jigsaw Productions, Story Syndicate, One Story Up Productions, Latchkey Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Ended
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