The Last Defense (2018)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series looks at the American justice system by focusing on two people on death row. It examines their personal stories and the events that led to their cases.

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What happens

The Last Defense is an American documentary series that explores and exposes flaws in the American justice system through emotional, in-depth examinations. The program ran for one season on the ABC television network during the summer of 2018. The first season examines the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones and seeks to trace the path that led both Routier and Jones to their places on death row, while taking a deep look into their personal stories. Jones' sentence has since been commuted to life without parole while Routier remains on death row. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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