In a Starz press release —
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NEW STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES “WRONG MAN”
FROM AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER JOE BERLINGER
SET TO DEBUT ON SUNDAY, JUNE 3 AT 9 PM ET/PT
RIVETING SERIES UNCOVERS NEW THEORIES AND EVIDENCE AND OFFERS ALTERNATIVE SUSPECTS THAT COULD PROVE INNOCENCE OF INMATES IN THREE SEPARATE CASES
Global Experts Sue-Ann Robinson, Joe Kennedy, Ira Todd, and Ron Kuby stand with Director Joe Berlinger in front of the New York City Skyline
Beverly Hills, Calif., – March 28, 2018 – Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), has announced that its new original series “Wrong Man” will premiere Sunday, June 3rd at 9PM ET/PT. This groundbreaking six-episode documentary series from Academy Award® and seven-time Emmy®-nominated and Peabody® and Emmy-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost), examines three different inmates who have been incarcerated for decades and claim they are innocent. The series will uncover new theories, offer alternate suspects and reveal startling new evidence that could prove these inmates are not guilty.
“Partnering with Starz to create a series that represents both great storytelling and an opportunity that actually moves the needle on social justice for the wrongfully convicted has been a great privilege,” said Berlinger.
In “Wrong Man,” Berlinger’s cameras follow a team of esteemed legal, investigative and forensic experts including renowned civil rights attorney Ronald Kuby, former prosecutor Sue-Ann Robinson, retired NCIS investigator Joe Kennedy, and Ira Todd, a member of Detroit’s elite Homicide Task Force, as they re-investigate the cases of three inmates who have been locked up for decades and claim they are innocent.
These types of wrongful conviction cases are not rare, according to the non-profit legal organization Innocence Project who estimates that up to 5 percent of all prisoners in the U.S. are convicted of crimes they did not commit. With more than 2 million people in prison, that means potentially 120,000 innocent people may be behind bars. This verité series follows investigators into prisons and to the scenes of the crimes to crack open the cases as they hunt for new evidence, track down witnesses and talk to often-reluctant law-enforcement, looking beyond guilt and innocence to expose the flaws in the criminal justice system.
“Wrong Man” takes an in-depth look at the following cases:
Wrong Man Series Case: Evaristo Salas
Evaristo Salas was 16 years old in 1997 when he was sentenced as an adult to 33 years in Washington state prison. His murder conviction was based on two witnesses, including a confidential police informant who came forward to our investigators and spoke on camera publically about his incriminating testimony for the very first time.
Wrong Man Series Case: Christoper Tapp
Christopher Tapp confessed to killing and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old girl in Idaho but only after multiple and lengthy taped police interrogations. The mother of the victim has become convinced that his confession was coerced by police and that the wrong man is in prison for the murder of her daughter.
Wrong Man Series Case: Curtis Flowers
Finally, Curtis Flowers is on Mississippi death row despite the fact that for two decades, he’s been tried six times for the same crime by the very same prosecutor in a case riddled with evidentiary problems. Flowers maintains he had no part in the quadruple murder that landed him on death row.
“Wrong Man” is produced by Third Eye Motion Picture Company, Electus and RadicalMedia. Erica Sashin (“Parched,” “Belief,” “Border Wars”) serves as showrunner and executive producer. Berlinger directs two episodes and also executive produces with Chris Grant (“Running Wild with Bear Grylls,” “The Toy Box,” “Darkness”) and Drew Buckley (“Running Wild with Bear Grylls,” “The Toy Box,” “Darkness”) for Electus, along with Ben Silverman (“The Office,” “Jane the Virgin,” “Marco Polo”). Jon Doran (“Park Bench with Steve Buscemi,” “Neighborhood Sessions,” “Iconoclasts”), Justin Wilkes (“”The Fourth Estate,” “MARS,” What Happened, Miss Simone?) and Jon Kamen (“Bobby Kennedy for President,” “MARS,” Hamilton’s America) serve as executive producers for RadicalMedia.
Starz retains all domestic multiplatform pay TV and SVOD rights to the series. Global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) retains all international and domestic distribution and home entertainment rights.
“Wrong Man” Online
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