Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Innocence Files:
Don’t worry about leaving teeth marks at a murder. You’re all good.
Quick synopsis:
A look at various cases of exonerations by the Innocence Foundation.
Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like:
Teeth mark impressions are extremely unreliable. You can basically only eliminate someone and not identify someone. Bite away.
Fun Fact for History Nerds:
Lineups are even worse. It is somewhat well known that eyewitness accounts are notoriously unreliable. However, when not run properly, massive miscarriages of justice happen.
My Take on The Innocence Files:
Well, this is certainly distressing.
The show takes you through very specific cases where the convicted person was innocent and shows step by step how they get out. There is usually a theme where some piece of evidence is flawed or intentionally falsified.
Among the major things the series takes umbrage with police lineups, bite marks, and prosecutorial immunity. The case they make for each is very convincing. The people exonerated are clearly innocent and seeing their lives after lockup is pretty depressing for the most part.
The show is tilted one way as you may imagine. One person interviewed literally says, “I would tear down the entire justice system.” While there are major issues, to suggest everything about the justice system is wrong is ridiculous. It is called The Innocence Files so it’s not like it’s being coy about it’s slant.
Verdict:
A really interesting series which highlights some major problems in the justice system. Watch it here!
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