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The Innocence Files Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
The Evidence: Indeed and Without Doubt
Wed, Apr 15, 202058 mins
The 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.
Episode 2
The Evidence: The Truth Will Defend Me
Wed, Apr 15, 202051 mins
The 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.
Episode 3
The Evidence: The Duty to Correct
Wed, Apr 15, 202058 mins
The 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.
Episode 4
The Witness: The Murder of Donald Sarpy
53 mins
The 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.
Episode 5
The Witness: The Trials of Franky Carrillo
Wed, Apr 15, 202057 mins
Stunning twists revive Franky's hopes for exoneration when his new legal team untangles the flawed eyewitness testimonies that sealed his fate.
Episode 6
The Witness: Making Memory
Wed, Apr 15, 202070 mins
The 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.
Episode 7
The Prosecution: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Wed, Apr 15, 202086 mins
The 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.
Episode 8
The Prosecution: Hidden Alibi
Wed, Apr 15, 202074 mins
The Innocence Files looks at the case of Alfred Dewayne Brown who was arrested after the 2003 murder of a Houston police officer. Two other suspects in the crime identify him as the murderer, but he has a solid alibi until his girlfriend suddenly and unexpectedly changed her story. Later it is revealed that she was threatened and imprisoned until she changed her story. Brown is sent to death row, but is later set free after exculpatory evidence is discovered during appeal. His conviction is vacated in 2014.
Episode 9
The Prosecution: The Million Dollar Man
Wed, Apr 15, 202066 mins
The 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.
