Al Jazeera America presents a new original series from award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger that explores controversial cases in the criminal justice system. He investigates troubling incidents from the dark corners of the American justice system in which little is as it seems. In this murky world, he digs for truth and tries to answer the question: was justice served?
Raising riveting questions about innocence and guilt, there will often be surprises: sometimes the person crying foul is himself lying; sometimes the disgruntled cop is discredited, but then vindicated; and sometimes the system works, and justice is served, Berlinger will show. Focusing on any number of layers within the criminal justice system, each episode will explore controversial case that impact prosecutors, citizens, police officers, and businesses. As we examine each story, we’ll see whether the vaunted system of U.S. justice has triumphed or failed.
Prosecutorial Integrity
Sunday July 6th at 9p ET/6p PT
The 6th amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees every American the right to a speedy and public trial before an impartial jury, and the right to a defense attorney. What the 6th amendment doesn’t lay out are rules for law enforcement and prosecution. In this episode, we highlight two cases: the ongoing efforts of parolee Derrick Hamilton to clear his name after serving twenty years for a murder conviction fraught with alleged police and prosecutorial misconduct; and another case in Queens, New York that seems to have the earmarks of prosecutorial misconduct, but has not yet been proven.
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