Review of After Innocence (2005) by Brian M — 05 Mar 2008

It's a moving documentary that shows how the criminal justice system doesn't like to be proven wrong. DNA evidence clears men who have been wrongfully imprisoned (some over 20 years), but they're returned to society without compensation or expunged records.

Seems backwards since cons who serve their time are "rehabilitated" and have jobs/shelter set up for them once they're released. And this is the story of only 7 guys. There's no telling how many innocent men are sitting on death row today (or have already been put to death).

It's just another one of those things some people won't understand until it happens to them. The film runs only 95 minutes... it definitely could have spent some more time on fleshing out some of the stories (maybe get victim reactions or talk to the officials involved in putting the men away).

The one thing that bothered me was in the "where are they now?" portion of the special features there were some spelling errors in the titles, i.e. "comission," "sargeant," and his "fiance.

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