Tenacious legal intern Diana Holt comes across the case of an African American handyman, Edward Lee Elmore, and devotes her life to saving his when he is quickly found guilty in the murder of an elderly white widow and sentenced to death.

Joyce Ride, mother of America's first female astronaut Sally Ride, becomes intrigued by the case of former law school student Gloria Killian, who had no prior criminal record but was found guilty of a brutal home invasion and murder.

No one listened to army vet Joe D'Ambrosio's pleas of innocence in the 1988 murder of Tony Klann, until the Rev Neil Kookoothe began investigating and discovered a shocking cover-up.

Detective Marshall Frank attempts to exonerate his fellow cop James Duckett, who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.

After petty criminal John Thompson is convicted of murder, two successful Philadelphia lawyers agree to represent him, but they soon discover that their legal rules don't necessarily apply in New Orleans.

In 1987, Kris Maharaj receives a death sentence for a double homicide, but lawyer Clive Stafford Smith uncovers evidence that opens a Pandora's box of lucrative illegal operations in Miami.