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[[caption-width-right:350:Never stop fighting]]
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Elaine Josiah refers to this in her statement to the court, telling Officer Lindsley that his power as a cop means that he has to be even more careful to avoid "accidents" such as shooting her unarmed husband.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Elaine Josiah refers to this in her statement to the court, telling Officer Lindsley that his power as a cop means that he has to be even more careful to avoid "accidents" such as shooting her unarmed husband.husband.
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Based on the true story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr Isaac Wright, Jr.]] the show is centered around Aaron Wallace, a former nightclub owner who was arrested, sentenced and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.
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Based on the true story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr.#Arrest_and_incarceration Isaac Wright, Jr.]] the show is centered around Aaron Wallace, a former nightclub owner who was arrested, sentenced and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.
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Based on the true story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr. org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr Isaac Wright, Jr.]] the show is centered around Aaron Wallace, a former nightclub owner who was arrested, sentenced and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.
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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Both the Bronx County District Attorney and the New York State Attorney General are portrayed as corrupt power-hungry white men. In RealLife when the show aired, both of these offices were held by black women.
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* NoDelaysForTheWicked: It seems that every corrupt government employee in New York has every other corrupt government employee in New York on speed-dial, regardless of the fact that they work for completely different departments or governments, and they are able to completely bypass procedure and regulation on a moment's notice without leaving a paper trail.
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Based on the true story of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr. Isaac Wright, Jr.]] the show is centered around Aaron Wallace, a former nightclub owner who was arrested, sentenced and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.
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* AcceptableTargets: Both the New York State Attorney General and the Bronx District Attorney are portrayed as corrupt, power-hungry white men. In RealLife, both of these offices are (at the time the show aired) held by black women.
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* HollywoodLaw:
** Even if Aaron applied to the bar in Vermont where convicts can do this, it's highly improbable they would admit him since bar members must satisfy good character requirements-even a former New York state senator's endorsement likely wouldn't stretch that to include anyone serving life without parole. The real man this is based on had to wait for ''nine'' years before he was admitted even ''after'' being exonerated. Aaron wouldn't be admitted then in New York for the same reasons, plus he would lack the legal experience out-of-state lawyers need.
** ADA Reilly would not only learn at the last minute Aaron's opposing him in court. The name of the opposing lawyer is always on the briefing their opponent gets ahead of time.
** In the Jose Rodriguez appeal, it's said he was convicted of statutory rape for having sex with his fifteen year old girlfriend at age eighteen. However, in New York (like most US states) they have what's called a "Romeo clause" which exempts consenting sex partners between ages fifteen and twenty one from the statutory rape law. Jose therefore couldn't have been legally convicted of the crime. At worst, it would be a misdemeanor (even in New York, consent is a defense when the participants are those ages).
** In the same case, the attempted murder conviction gets reversed when the witness who'd testified indicated he was recanting. You'd need a sworn affidavit minimally, probably testimony in open court subject to cross-examination, or else the judge certaintly wouldn't do this (and probably not even this, if there's other evidence, like this case had). It also comes out that the original attorney didn't put on an exculpatory witness-that alone might have been enough to get the conviction overturned for ineffective assistance of counsel, though no one mentions this.
** Even if Aaron applied to the bar in Vermont where convicts can do this, it's highly improbable they would admit him since bar members must satisfy good character requirements-even a former New York state senator's endorsement likely wouldn't stretch that to include anyone serving life without parole. The real man this is based on had to wait for ''nine'' years before he was admitted even ''after'' being exonerated. Aaron wouldn't be admitted then in New York for the same reasons, plus he would lack the legal experience out-of-state lawyers need.
** ADA Reilly would not only learn at the last minute Aaron's opposing him in court. The name of the opposing lawyer is always on the briefing their opponent gets ahead of time.
** In the Jose Rodriguez appeal, it's said he was convicted of statutory rape for having sex with his fifteen year old girlfriend at age eighteen. However, in New York (like most US states) they have what's called a "Romeo clause" which exempts consenting sex partners between ages fifteen and twenty one from the statutory rape law. Jose therefore couldn't have been legally convicted of the crime. At worst, it would be a misdemeanor (even in New York, consent is a defense when the participants are those ages).
** In the same case, the attempted murder conviction gets reversed when the witness who'd testified indicated he was recanting. You'd need a sworn affidavit minimally, probably testimony in open court subject to cross-examination, or else the judge certaintly wouldn't do this (and probably not even this, if there's other evidence, like this case had). It also comes out that the original attorney didn't put on an exculpatory witness-that alone might have been enough to get the conviction overturned for ineffective assistance of counsel, though no one mentions this.
