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* KarmaHoudini: The epilogue explained that although Betty won a major settlement against the Ayer Police Department and Sergeant Nance Taylor for her brother's wrongful conviction, Taylor was never charged because the statute of limitations has expired.

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* KarmaHoudini: The epilogue explained that although Betty won a major settlement against the Ayer Police Department and Sergeant Nance Taylor for her brother's wrongful conviction, Taylor was never charged because the statute of limitations has expired. The worst that ever happened to Taylor is that she was fired from the Ayer Police Department for fabricating evidence in another case.
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** The epilogue also explained that the real killer of Katherina Reitz Brow has never been found.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Barry Scheck, an attorney who works with the innocence project.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Barry Scheck, an attorney who works with the innocence project.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_Project Innocence Project]].
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* KarmaHoudini: The epilogue explained that although Betty won a major settlement against the Ayer Police Department and Sergeant Nance Taylor for her brother's wrongful conviction, Taylor was never charged because the statute of limitations has expired.

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A 2010 biographical legal drama film directed by Creator/TonyGoldwyn that has a woman (Creator/HilarySwank) trying to prove her brother's (Creator/SamRockwell) innocence in a murder.

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A 2010 biographical legal drama film directed by Creator/TonyGoldwyn Creator/TonyGoldwyn, that has a woman (Creator/HilarySwank) trying to prove her brother's (Creator/SamRockwell) innocence in a murder.

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A 2010 Biographical legal directed directed by Creator/TonyGoldwyn that has a woman (Creator/HilarySwank) trying to prove her brother's (Creator/SamRockwell) innocence in a murder.

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A 2010 Biographical biographical legal directed drama film directed by Creator/TonyGoldwyn that has a woman (Creator/HilarySwank) trying to prove her brother's (Creator/SamRockwell) innocence in a murder.



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* TimeShiftedActor: Creator/BaileeMadison plays a younger Betty in flashbacks.

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A 2010 Biographical legal directed directed by Creator/TonyGoldwyn that has a woman (Creator/HilarySwank) trying to prove her brother's (Creator/SamRockwell) innocence in a murder.

The movie also stars Creator/MinnieDriver, Creator/MelissaLeo, Creator/AriGraynor, Creator/LorenDean, Creator/KarenYoung, Creator/CleaDuVall, Creator/JulietteLewis, and Creator/PeterGallagher.

It was released on September 11, 2010.

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* DontSplitUsUp: This happened to Betty and Kenny during a flashback.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The plot is about a woman named Betty, who spends [[{{Determinator}} eighteen years tirelessly working to free her wrongfully convicted brother from prison]], refusing to believe that he is guilty. The title refers to both "conviction" in the legal sense (finding someone guilty of a crime) and to "conviction" in the psychological sense (strong, unshakeable belief in something).
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Barry Scheck, an attorney who works with the innocence project.
* OneWordTitle: '''Conviction'''.
* {{Tagline}}: "An extraordinary journey of how far we go to fight for our family".
* TimeShiftedActor: Creator/BaileeMadison plays a younger Betty in flashbacks.

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