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Conviction
Mark Gordon在ABC新剧《黑白同行 Quantico》 有份当执行制片，而电视网预订了Mark Gordon负责的律政剧《定罪 Conviction》。Liz Friedman亦为《定罪》主创之一，并负责编剧，Liz Friedlander则执导首集；本剧讲述一名叫Hayes Morrison（《特工卡特 Marvel's Agent Carter》 的Hayley Atwell饰演）的女子，她是前总统的女儿，聪明但性格叛逆，被认为中看不中用。她被威胁下加入了洛杉矶一支法律团体（Conviction Integrity Unit），带领着一群律师﹑调查员及法医，在两星期内调查一件可能是错判了个无辜者有罪的案件。 《犯罪现场调查：纽约 CSI: NY》 主演Eddie Cahill饰演十分有自信的男主角，纽约地方检察官Conner Wallace。十分英俊﹑聪明﹑有政治势力，他的政治前途就像他的笑容般灿烂，而他在政治上也十分有野心并且敏锐。CTU是他宣布创立的团队，并且指派了女主当领导；他们过去之间有过既充满感情，亦充满憎恨的历史。 在《X战警 X-Men》系列中饰演冰人，及在Xbox One游戏内剧《量子破碎/量子裂痕 Quantum Break》中演出的Shawn Ashmore将饰演帅气的Sam，是个顶级的助理检察官，原定是由他成为剧中法律团体的领导人，所以不满女主的拦途截劫。尽管如此，他仍然会做好自己的份内事。 前《行尸走肉 The Walking Dead》主演Emily Kinne饰演Tess Thompson，剧中法律团体的律师助理。先前她在「清白专案」（Innocence Project）工作，转到CIU是因为觉得在系统中能造成更大的影响。Manny Montana饰演Franklin Cruz，别名” Frankie”，负责法医学，拥有街头智慧但又对科学有孩子气般的兴奋。他是因为偷车坐牢两年间，一直在看一部法医学题节目而对此领域感兴趣。（《犯罪现场调查 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation》吗…… ） Merrin Dungey饰演Maxine，CTU的首席调查员，从警察世家出来的前纽约警探。她表现强硬，不爱废话，但她在新团体中发现自己辰研究前同事的案件，这会考验到她曾经对警察起誓过的忠诚。Daniel Franzese饰演Jackson Morrison，跟女主家中地位一样的兄弟，而且亦是姐姐的好友。思维敏捷的他，正在为自己母亲Harper的参议院竞选活动中处理各种复杂的政治活动。这角色设定经过改变，原本是由《东区女巫 Witches Of East End》的Daniel DiTomasso饰演。
Hayes Morrison needs to dig herself out of what could be a publicly embarrassing situation. She makes a clandestine deal with her adversary, Conner Wallace, to take on the Conviction Integrity Unit and justice system in order to save face for herself and her family. The first case Hayes pushes her team to consider is that of Odell Dwyer, a handsome former high school football player who has been in prison for eight years for murdering his girlfriend.
Wallace's career-making case is reexamined by CIU team, but there are unforeseen complexities in this rape and robbery case, and the woman at the center of the crime becomes victimized again, this time by the press.
The CIU team tries to exonerate a political activist with suspect views who is serving a life sentence for bombing a mosque and killing an influential Imam and three followers.
Hayes and the team tackle the case of a mother convicted in the death of her autistic son.
Hayes launches into damage-control mode following her controversial nationally televised interview, seeking to limit the repercussions within her family and to her mother's Senate campaign. Meanwhile, the CIU takes on the case of a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, convicted for killing a wealthy woman whose privileged family took him in and treated him as one of their own.
The accidental death of a young African American boy, shot by a cop, sparks a racial firestorm and inspires Hayes to re-examine the controversial case of Porscha Williams. Williams, a devoted African-American civil-rights activist and leader, is serving time for killing a white female cop at a race equality rally five years ago.
The next case Hayes accepts for the CIU is that of Leo Scarlata, a man with diminished mental capacities, imprisoned for burning down his family’s restaurant with fatal repercussions. Hayes realizes she may have taken on more than she bargained for, especially when a documentary crew approved by Wallace begins following the team.
CIU revisits the case of Sierra Macy, a teenage girl who was kidnapped ten years ago and assumed dead—until she manages to escape her captor’s home after he suffers a heart attack and dies.
Wallace brings the case of a death-row inmate, Earl Slavitt, to the CIU. Earl was convicted of murdering federal prosecutor Tom Simon, one of Wallace’s best friends. Simon did not believe in the death penalty, and Wallace, along with Simon’s widow, want to ensure that Earl did in fact commit the crime. With only days left before the execution, the CIU team shifts into high gear, looking for possible errors in the case.
After Hayes and Wallace share a passionate night together, Hayes returns to reality and cautiously considers sticking her toe into relationship waters with Wallace. Simultaneously, she also tries to make amends for her bitter loss in the death penalty case of Earl Slavitt. Hayes implores the CIU team to aggressively pursue the case of Sophie Hausen, a young woman serving a life sentence for murdering a popular college basketball player, whom she accused of raping her.
While Hayes and Wallace struggle to balance their professional and personal lives, they are summoned to a crime scene that fits the M.O. of the infamous “Black Orchid Killer.” Is the latest murder the work of a copycat? Or is the man now in prison for the earlier crimes actually innocent? As the investigation accelerates, the CIU team, spearheaded by unlikely serial-killer expert Tess, closes in on a suspect who may have committed all the murders – but will it be too late?
Former President Morrison pays Hayes an unexpected visit and lobbies her (and CIU) to take on the case of Omar Abbas, a Muslim-American citizen held for years without trial in a military facility for allegedly planning a chemical attack on Manhattan. But taking on the federal war on terror is a hot-button issue, and Hayes and the CIU find themselves battling the authorities in their search for the truth.
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