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True crime junkies will be pleased to know that they’ll soon have a brand new, binge-worthy series to gobble up on Netflix during their quarantine this month. The streaming service that brought us How to Fix a Drug Scandal, Making a Murderer and The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez is back with a new sort of story — instead of detailing the actions that landed criminals in jail, it’s following what happens after someone is imprisoned, and when they’re not even supposed to be behind bars in the first place.
The Innocence Project, a nine-part documentary series about eight prisoners who were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for crimes they never committed, is coming to Netflix on April 15. The trailer, which was released earlier today, introduces some of the men who worked with lawyers from nonprofit organization The Innocence Project to get their convictions overturned. The new series has Academy Award nominee Liz Garbus and Academy Award winner Alex Gibney and Roger Ross Williams attached as producers and directors.
In today’s trailer, one of the Innocence Project employees reads a letter from a prisoner, who writes, “I am serving a 40 to 60 year sentence. As God as my witness, I am not guilty.” Another prisoner explains that even the simplest, everyday experiences were special to him after his release. In an emotional moment, he says, “when I got out of jail, I took my shoes off and just walked around the yard. Twelve years, I haven’t touched no grass.”
In a statement in today’s press release from Netflix, the Innocence Project said that they are “thrilled” to be a part of the new documentary series. “These stories feature people whose freedom was stolen because of governments’ reliance on junk science, discredited and suggestive eyewitness identification procedures, and prosecutors who engage in misconduct to win at any cost,” they stated. “We hope these stories motivate people to take action.”
You can watch The Innocence Files on Netflix April 15.
