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* TheDogBitesBack: In the second half of the first season, Jamal gets caught in the crossfire as Aaron's actions causes conflict among the many prison factions. When coerced into [[spoiler:killing Aaron in the yard, he instead kills Cassius, one of his tormentors and decides to leverage that notoriety to become a shot caller]].
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted with Aaron, who is willing to take a reduced salary as long as he can choose the cases that are important to him.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:Once he's free and has access to Spencer Richardson's financial resources]], Aaron forgoes a large salary to be able to choose the cases that are important to him.
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* WardensAreEvil: Averted with Safiya Masry, played straight with Cyrus Hunt. She is a reasonable, compassionate reformer who tries to always improve things for the inmates, he's an abusive, corrupt jerk.
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* WardensAreEvil: Averted with Safiya Masry, played straight with Cyrus Hunt. She is a reasonable, compassionate reformer who tries to always improve things for the inmates, he's an abusive, corrupt jerk.jerk.
* WifeBasherBasher: Jamal is in prison because he beat the tar out of his sister's abusive husband.
* WifeBasherBasher: Jamal is in prison because he beat the tar out of his sister's abusive husband.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Each episode ends with a disclaimer saying that the show was inspired by Issac Wright, Jr.'s life, but that the plot is fictional.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Aaron carefully played the rules to become a lawyer. After receiving his degree, he takes the bar exam for Vermont because the state allows graduates from unaccredited schools to take it while also having a reciprocity agreement with New York. Since he wouldn't be allowed to leave prison to take the exam, he claimed an exemption through the Americans with Disabilities Act (mental anguish due to being imprisoned) so that the proctors would bring the exam to him. Once he passed, he leveraged his connection with Henry Roswell to gain sponsorship and argue his way to passing the character requirement and get called to the New York Bar.
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* OutOfFocus: Safiya Masry, Glen Maskins, Jamal, and other recurring characters from the first season are hardly to be seen (if at all) in the second season, since Aaron is out of prison. Only his family and his associate Henry carried over.
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* ReTool: In a sense - the first season saw Aaron trying to survive in prison and clear his name, while the second season had him back home on probation and working as a lawyer.
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* BurnerPhones: Aaron has a hidden one so he can communicate with his wife and daughter.
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* BurnerPhones: Aaron has a hidden one while in prison so he can communicate with his wife and daughter.
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* FamilyVersusCareer: Used as an excuse by [[spoiler: Glen Maskins when he steps down as Attorney General-elect. (In fact he was [[ResignedInDisgrace pressured into resigning]] due to his [[AmoralAttorney unethical and illegal actions]])]].
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* FamilyVersusCareer: Used as an excuse by [[spoiler: Glen Maskins when he steps down as Attorney General-elect. (In fact he was [[ResignedInDisgrace pressured into resigning]] due to his [[AmoralAttorney unethical and illegal actions]])]].actions]]).]]
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted with Aaron, who is willing to take a reduced salary as long as he can choose the cases that are important to him.
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* SellOut: Aaron wonders if he would become one if he went to work for Spencer Richardson, [[spoiler: whose daughter overdosed at Aaron's club, thus setting in motion the investigation that put Aaron in prison in the first place]].
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**Jamal later gets one so he can talk to Aaron, who is representing him.
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* ExactWords: In Aaron's first case he and Jamal are in trouble for having raw potatoes in their cell, which are contraband because they can be used to make moonshine. Aaron points out the regulations which forbid food that "must" be cooked. He argues that potatoes don't ''have'' to be cooked to be eaten and proves his point by taking a bite out of the raw potato. He wins the case.
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* StraightGay: A couple of prisoners are revealed to be lovers, though they keep it secret. Jamal, Aaron's friend, also turns out to be gay. None display any gay stereotypes. Even if they'd been so inclined, it would have dire consequences in prison (i.e. likely rape or murder, thus the secret affair mentioned).
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* StraightGay: A couple of prisoners are revealed to be lovers, though they keep it secret. Jamal, Aaron's friend, also turns out to be gay. None display any gay stereotypes. Even if they'd been so inclined, it would have dire consequences results in prison if most people knew (i.e. likely rape or murder, thus the secret affair mentioned).
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* WardensAreEvil: Averted with Safiya Masry, played straight with Cyrus Hunt.
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* WardensAreEvil: Averted with Safiya Masry, played straight with Cyrus Hunt. She is a reasonable, compassionate reformer who tries to always improve things for the inmates, he's an abusive, corrupt jerk.
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* JailhouseLawyer: Aaron became an attorney while in prison and works to represent fellow prisoners in their cases within or outside prison, along with fighting his conviction.
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* RecoveredAddict: Henry, Aaron's mentor, is an alcoholic who's sober and is shown reciting the Serenity Prayer, having gone through AA. Hassan, one of the inmates, is a recovered drug addict who leads a group for other recovering addicts.
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** Henry, Aaron's mentor, is an alcoholic who's sober and is shown reciting the Serenity Prayer, having gone through
** Hassan, one of the inmates, is a recovered drug addict who leads a group for other recovering addicts.
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* TapOnTheHead: After [[spoiler: Aaron]] gets hit over the head with a dumbbell during the prison riot, he suffers from pain, dizziness, and temporary cognitive impairment, but there does not seem to be any lasting injury.
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* FamilyVersusCareer: Used as an excuse by [[spoiler: Glen Maskins when he steps down as Attorney General-elect. (In fact he was [[ResignInDisgrace pressured into resigning]] due to his [[AmoralAttorney unethical and illegal actions]])]].
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* FamilyVersusCareer: Used as an excuse by [[spoiler: Glen Maskins when he steps down as Attorney General-elect. (In fact he was [[ResignInDisgrace [[ResignedInDisgrace pressured into resigning]] due to his [[AmoralAttorney unethical and illegal actions]])]].
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* ConfiscatedPhone: Subverted in that Aaron's contraband mobile phone is never noticed by the guards (or if they did notice they ignored it), but Cassius finds out about it and appropriates it for himself.
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* ConfiscatedPhone: Subverted in that While Aaron's contraband mobile phone is never noticed by the guards (or if they did notice they ignored it), but Cassius finds out about it and appropriates it for himself.
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* BurnerPhones: Aaron has a hidden one so he can communicate with his wife and daughter.
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* ConfiscatedPhone: Subverted in that Aaron's contraband mobile phone is never noticed by the guards (or if they did notice they ignored it), but Cassius finds out about it and appropriates it for himself.
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* RecoveredAddict: Henry, Aaron's mentor, is an alcoholic who's sober and is shown reciting the Serenity Prayer, having gone through AA.
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* RecoveredAddict: Henry, Aaron's mentor, is an alcoholic who's sober and is shown reciting the Serenity Prayer, having gone through AA. Hassan, one of the inmates, is a recovered drug addict who leads a group for other recovering addicts.
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* SayingTooMuch: Cyrus Hunt does this (in the form of EvilGloating) which reveals to Aaron that [[spoiler: Cyrus has been listening in on Aaron's legal strategy discussions with Henry and Marie]].
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* BasedOnATrueStory: of Aaron Wallace is based on Isaac Wright, Jr., a man wrongly convicted of being a drug kingpin, became a lawyer while in prison, was exonerated and became a full-time defense attorney.
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* ClearMyName: This is Aaron's overarching goal-to get his conviction overturned and be exonerated, while he also helps fellow prisoners on their cases. [[spoiler:He does at the start of the second season.]]
* ClearTheirName: Some of the prisoners whom Aaron helps with their cases were he thinks also wrongly convicted.
* CreatorCameo: Music/FiftyCent, the producer, appears as scary prison gang leader Cassius Dawkins.
* CrusadingLawyer: Aaron is dead-set on winning his exoneration, helping fellow prisoners then people in general he feels were screwed by the system, and removing corrupt attorney Glen Maskins, the man who prosecuted him.
* ClearTheirName: Some of the prisoners whom Aaron helps with their cases were he thinks also wrongly convicted.
* CreatorCameo: Music/FiftyCent, the producer, appears as scary prison gang leader Cassius Dawkins.
* CrusadingLawyer: Aaron is dead-set on winning his exoneration, helping fellow prisoners then people in general he feels were screwed by the system, and removing corrupt attorney Glen Maskins, the man who prosecuted him.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: The Aryan Brotherhood naturally despises queer people. After one of their members thinks he's been outed, he hits a guard just to get into solitary so he'll be safe from them.
* JailhouseLawyer: Aaron became an attorney while in prison and works to represent fellow prisoners in their cases within or outside prison, along with fighting his conviction.
* LipstickLesbian: Safiya along with her wife have a feminine hair and clothing style.
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* LipstickLesbian: Safiya along with her wife have a feminine hair and clothing style.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: Aaron was wrongly convicted of being a drug kingpin due to circumstantial evidence and false witness testimony. He also helps other people who were victims of legal injustices.
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* RecoveredAddict: Henry, Aaron's mentor, is an alcoholic who's sober and is shown reciting the Serenity Prayer, having gone through AA.
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* ScaryBlackMan: Cassius is a frightening prison gang leader who has pull both with other prisoners and the guards, even on the outside. Tall and strong, he never raises his voice but stays menacing nonetheless effortlessly.
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* StraightGay: A couple of prisoners are revealed to be lovers, though they keep it secret. Jamal, Aaron's friend, also turns out to be gay. None display any gay stereotypes. Even if they'd been so inclined, it would have dire consequences in prison (i.e. likely rape or murder, thus the secret affair mentioned).
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* FootDraggingDivorce: Marie presents Aaron with divorce papers after he's been in prison for a number of years. He does not sign them until Marie's father (unbeknownst to her) visits Aaron in prison and implores him to let Marie live her life. (Marie ends up reconsidering and does not file the papers after all.)
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* FootDraggingDivorce: FootDraggingDivorcee: Marie presents Aaron with divorce papers after he's been in prison for a number of years. He does not sign them until Marie's father (unbeknownst to her) visits Aaron in prison and implores him to let Marie live her life. (Marie ends up reconsidering and does not file the papers after all.)
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* TeenPregnancy: Aaron and Marie's daughter Jasmine. Unlike many examples of this trope, Jasmine's boyfriend is committed to being a father.
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* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: Cassius manages to contact his goons on the outside to do his dirty work, such as tying up and threatening the family of a guard.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Warden Masry's reforms lead to a better prison environment for the inmates, but draw the ire of the prison guard union, who believe she is making their jobs harder. [[spoiler: Consequently they endorse Maskins for Attorney General over Masry's wife, leading to major complications in their marriage]].
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* FamilyVersusCareer: Used as an excuse by [[spoiler: Glen Maskins when he steps down as Attorney General-elect. (In fact he was [[ResignInDisgrace pressured into resigning]] due to his [[AmoralAttorney unethical and illegal actions]])]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Warden Safiya Masry, who undertook sweeping reforms of the prison, towards a more humane treatment of the inmates. The reforms do not go down well with the prison guard union, leading to them [[spoiler: endorse Maskins for District Attorney General over Masry's wife Anya Harrison]].
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Cassius Dawkins, intentionally sent to be so for Aaron, [[spoiler: Safiya, and her wife, who was Maskin's opponent in the DA race]].
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Cassius Dawkins, intentionally sent to be so for Aaron, [[spoiler: Safiya, and her wife, who was Maskin's opponent in the DA Attorney General race]].
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* BookSafe: Captain Foster smuggles in drugs for Cassius by hiding them in a Bible.
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* AteHisGun: The fate of [[spoiler: disgraced prison guard captain Frank Foster]].
* PrisonRiot: One occurs in the prison gym during which [[spoiler: Jamal shivs Cassius and Aaron gets whacked in the head with a dumbbell. The riot results in the death of several prisoners and a guard]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Warden Safiya Masry, who undertook sweeping reforms of the prison, towards a more humane treatment of the inmates.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Cassius Dawkins, intentionally sent to be so for Aaron, [[spoiler: Safiya Safiya, and her wife, who was Maskin's opponent in the DA race]].
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Cassius Dawkins, intentionally sent to be so for Aaron, [[spoiler: Safiya and her wife, who was Maskin's opponent in the DA race]].race]].
* WardensAreEvil: Averted with Safiya Masry, played straight with Cyrus Hunt.
* WardensAreEvil: Averted with Safiya Masry, played straight with Cyrus Hunt.
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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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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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* SpannerInTheWorks: Cassius Dawkins, intentionally sent to be so for Aaron, [[spoiler: Safiya and her wife, who was Maskin's opponent in the DA race]].
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''For Life'' is a 2020 ABC legal/prison drama produced by Music/FiftyCent.
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.
While in prison, he managed to graduate law school and pass the bar, rising to inmate representative.
And while he helps his fellow prisoners, he keeps on collecting evidence to try and get a retrial, and to prove without a doubt his innocence.
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!!This series features examples of:
* AmoralAttorney: Glen Maskins is a pretty clear-cut example of the trope, and will stoop down to blackmail, intimidation and threats to keep his power.
* {{Determinator}}: Aaron won't let anything stand in his way to prove his innocence and return to his family.
* RedHerring: Hector, Aaron's best friend, is dating his wife and the show seems to pose him as having something to do with the crime that put Aaron in prison. He doesn't.
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.
While in prison, he managed to graduate law school and pass the bar, rising to inmate representative.
And while he helps his fellow prisoners, he keeps on collecting evidence to try and get a retrial, and to prove without a doubt his innocence.
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!!This series features examples of:
* AmoralAttorney: Glen Maskins is a pretty clear-cut example of the trope, and will stoop down to blackmail, intimidation and threats to keep his power.
* {{Determinator}}: Aaron won't let anything stand in his way to prove his innocence and return to his family.
* RedHerring: Hector, Aaron's best friend, is dating his wife and the show seems to pose him as having something to do with the crime that put Aaron in prison. He doesn't.
