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Catalogue Number: 041135VH
ISBN Number: 0793643392
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Social Issues
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2003
Running Time: 60
Closed Captions: Yes
Burden of Innocence: Frontline
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Catalogue Number: 041135VH
ISBN Number: 0793643392
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Social Issues
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2003
Running Time: 60
Closed Captions: Yes
What happens to wrongly accused inmates, exonerated by DNA testing, after the media spotlight turns elsewhere? FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel examines the many social, psychological, and economic challenges facing exonerated inmates, most of whom re-enter society with no transitional assistance. Cases of several exonerated inmates and the hurdles they face illustrate efforts to pass laws allowing the wrongfully convicted to sue for compensation.