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Based on a true story, this winning drama focuses on the lives of two innocent men who were accused of murdering a policeman and were sentenced to life imprisonment. It is 1932, and reporter James Stewart stumbles upon a case which just might be the story of his life: Richard Conte is one of two men put behind bars for a crime which they have clearly not committed. Talking to those involved in the case, Stewart becomes ever more convinced of the two men’s innocence, particularly once he befriends the campaigning mother of one of them., Discovering that a man convicted of a murder over a decade before may in fact be innocent, a Chicago journalist embarks on an investigation in search of the truth. This drama was based upon the true story of journalist Jim McGuire and wrongly convicted prisoner Joe Majczek., Tense documentary-style thriller based on a true-life case, starring James Stewart as P J ‘Jim’ McNeal, a Chicago newspaper reporter who doggedly sets out to prove jailed Frank W Wiecek is innocent of murder., Naturalistic noir drama based on a true story about an innocent man accused of murdering a policeman and sentenced to life imprisonment. Reporter PJ McNeal befriends the man’s mother and becomes a campaigner for his release., A reporter starts to believe the convicted killer he is writing human-interest stories about is innocent. The deeper the reporter digs into the original investigation, the more he begins to suspect that the police may be trying to keep something quiet., In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank’s mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O’Neal to look into the case. For some time, O’Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.