When They See Us
Watch the Ava DuVernay-directed story on Netflix and learn about how the legal system and media robbed five innocent teens of their presumption of innocence.
Crown Heights
Adapted from a This American Life podcast, this 2017 film tells the true story of Colin Warner, an 18-year-old Trinidadian-American who was wrongly convicted in 1982 of murder in the largely West Indian neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The film stars Lakeith Stanfield and Innocence Ambassador Nnamdi Asomugha.
Free Meek
This docuseries chronicles Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill’s fight for freedom. Meek served seven months in prison for drug and gun possession at age 19 and gained national attention when he was re-sentenced to up to four years in prison for a parole violation almost a decade later.
Based on the BBC series Criminal Justice, this HBO miniseries follows Pakistani-American college student Nasir Khan as he sits in custody and awaits formal arraignment, having been accused of the murder of a young woman he had just met. The show stars Riz Ahmed, John Turturro and Innocence Ambassador Michael K. Williams.
Started in 1992 as a legal clinic at Cardozo School of Law, the Innocence Project is now an independent nonprofit, affiliated with Cardozo, that exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. www.innocenceproject.org
