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** In "The Thumb Mark of St Peter", Miss Marple's neice is suspected of killing her husband, if not by the police then certainly by the village gossips.
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* ''Literature/DaddysLittleGirl'' features both an inversion and a straight example:
** An interesting [[InvertedTrope inversion]] drives the plot. Investigative journalist Ellie Cavanaugh learns that Robson Westerfield, the man who was convicted of killing her sister Andrea, is being released from prison and plans on clearing his name, insisting he didn't kill Andrea. Ellie is still convinced he's guilty and sets out to prove his guilt once and for all.
** Part of Ellie's motivation for trying to prevent Rob's conviction from being overturned is not just for the sake of her sister, but because the Westerfields and their supporters are trying to push the narrative that Paulie Stroebel was the real killer; Paulie is a vulnerable man with an intellectual disability and Ellie is repulsed at the thought of the crime being pinned on him, especially as half the town already regards him as an alternative suspect.
** An interesting [[InvertedTrope inversion]] drives the plot. Investigative journalist Ellie Cavanaugh learns that Robson Westerfield, the man who was convicted of killing her sister Andrea, is being released from prison and plans on clearing his name, insisting he didn't kill Andrea. Ellie is still convinced he's guilty and sets out to prove his guilt once and for all.
** Part of Ellie's motivation for trying to prevent Rob's conviction from being overturned is not just for the sake of her sister, but because the Westerfields and their supporters are trying to push the narrative that Paulie Stroebel was the real killer; Paulie is a vulnerable man with an intellectual disability and Ellie is repulsed at the thought of the crime being pinned on him, especially as half the town already regards him as an alternative suspect.
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-> ''"It's clear to me that this trial was constructed with lies. And based off everything that I've seen, I think we can build a case strong enough to bring Johnny D home. And I'm not gonna stop til I've done that."''
-->-- '''Bryan Stevenson''', ''Film/JustMercy''
-->-- '''Bryan Stevenson''', ''Film/JustMercy''
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Sometimes, the person accused of the crime is someone else, who is incapable of proving their own innocence. Maybe they've already been arrested or [[MiscarriageOfJustice convicted]], and had the key thrown away long ago. Maybe the evidence is stacked up against them and almost nobody believes them. Maybe they're just not badass enough to do it themselves. Either way, it's up to the hero to buck the odds and naysayers, find the evidence and Clear Their Name.
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Sometimes, the person accused of the crime is someone else, who is incapable of proving their own innocence.innocence for themselves. Maybe they've already been arrested or [[MiscarriageOfJustice convicted]], and had the key thrown away long ago. Maybe the evidence is stacked up against them and almost nobody believes them. Maybe they're just not badass enough to do it themselves. Either way, it's up to the hero to buck the odds and naysayers, find the evidence and Clear Their Name.
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** ''The Blue Carbuncle''; in this one, Holmes enters this plot independently of the main investigation, having [[WorkingTheSameCase entered the case following a seemingly unrelated and trivial matter elsewhere]].
** As is ''The Boscombe Valley Mystery''. Although he's brought in by Lestrade originally, Holmes becomes convinced that the suspect is innocent early on and is encouraged to investigate further by said young man's childhood friend, who'd very much like to be his girlfriend, actually.
** ''The Norwood Builder'' is another example, in which a young man was accused of murdering a wealthy old curmudgeon who had recently named him his heir.
** ''The Man With The Twisted Lip''. While not his primary objective, Holmes does prove that the titular man did not abscond with the missing man while figuring out what happened to him.
** ''The Beryl Coronet''. Holmes was mainly concerned with finding the missing part of the coronet, but he did prove that the banker's son was not the one who stole it in the process.
** ''Silver Blaze''. Holmes' primary concern was finding the missing horse, not proving that the man arrested for stealing it (and killing the stable master) wasn't responsible, even though he ultimately did both.
** ''Thor Bridge''. Holmes proved the governess had not murdered the client's wife.
** ''Sussex Vampire''. Holmes proved that the wife's apparent sucking of her child's blood was not malicious and had absolutely nothing to do with vampirism. [[spoiler: She was trying to SuckOutThePoison, as the baby boy had been cut with a poisoned dart [[TheUnfavorite his jealous, hunchbacked older half-brother used on him]].]]
** ''Lion's Mane''. Holmes proves that Murdoch was not responsible for [=McPherson=]'s death (not that there was sufficient evidence to arrest in this case).
** ''Dancing Men''. Holmes was hired to investigate some strange drawings by a man who is later killed. He cracks the code and proves that the man sending the coded messages was the killer, not the client's wife, who not only was wrongfully accused of killing the man but [[spoiler: had been seriously injured ''and'' quite at risk of being hanged if she ever recovered.]]
** ''A Study in Scarlet''. Inspector Gregson arrested a suspect for the first murder, and Holmes later found the man who committed both murders (to be fair, Gregson's suspect ''did'' have a plausible motive).
** ''The Sign of the Four''. Athelney Jones arrests virtually everyone present at the murder scene for complicity in the murder. After Holmes tracked down the parties responsible it turned out that ''one'' of the people Jones had arrested really was involved, which doesn't change the fact that Holmes had cleared the names of everyone else in that household.
** ''Noble Bachelor''. At one point the missing woman's maid was suspected of either kidnapping her or working with an unidentified kidnapper. Holmes proved that no kidnapping had taken place.
** ''Black Peter''. While Neligan was caught red-handed in attempted burglary (of stock certificates stolen from his murdered father, and thus were arguably his property to begin with), he did not kill Black Peter, and Holmes was able to find the true killer.
** ''Abbey Grange'' has a unique version. An unidentified American police officer clears the Randall gang of a murder in Kent by arresting them for their other crimes in New York the morning after the murder (overnight travel from England to America being impossible in 1897).
** ''The Bruce-Partington Plans''. A state secret has been stolen, and suspicion falls on a clerk who was murdered the same night (some of the papers, but not the most important, were found in his pocket). The dead man's fiancee appeals to Holmes to save his honor, as she puts it. He was already on the case for a different reason - figuring out what had happened to the missing papers.
** As is ''The Boscombe Valley Mystery''. Although he's brought in by Lestrade originally, Holmes becomes convinced that the suspect is innocent early on and is encouraged to investigate further by said young man's childhood friend, who'd very much like to be his girlfriend, actually.
** ''The Norwood Builder'' is another example, in which a young man was accused of murdering a wealthy old curmudgeon who had recently named him his heir.
** ''The Man With The Twisted Lip''. While not his primary objective, Holmes does prove that the titular man did not abscond with the missing man while figuring out what happened to him.
** ''The Beryl Coronet''. Holmes was mainly concerned with finding the missing part of the coronet, but he did prove that the banker's son was not the one who stole it in the process.
** ''Silver Blaze''. Holmes' primary concern was finding the missing horse, not proving that the man arrested for stealing it (and killing the stable master) wasn't responsible, even though he ultimately did both.
** ''Thor Bridge''. Holmes proved the governess had not murdered the client's wife.
** ''Sussex Vampire''. Holmes proved that the wife's apparent sucking of her child's blood was not malicious and had absolutely nothing to do with vampirism. [[spoiler: She was trying to SuckOutThePoison, as the baby boy had been cut with a poisoned dart [[TheUnfavorite his jealous, hunchbacked older half-brother used on him]].]]
** ''Lion's Mane''. Holmes proves that Murdoch was not responsible for [=McPherson=]'s death (not that there was sufficient evidence to arrest in this case).
** ''Dancing Men''. Holmes was hired to investigate some strange drawings by a man who is later killed. He cracks the code and proves that the man sending the coded messages was the killer, not the client's wife, who not only was wrongfully accused of killing the man but [[spoiler: had been seriously injured ''and'' quite at risk of being hanged if she ever recovered.]]
** ''A Study in Scarlet''. Inspector Gregson arrested a suspect for the first murder, and Holmes later found the man who committed both murders (to be fair, Gregson's suspect ''did'' have a plausible motive).
** ''The Sign of the Four''. Athelney Jones arrests virtually everyone present at the murder scene for complicity in the murder. After Holmes tracked down the parties responsible it turned out that ''one'' of the people Jones had arrested really was involved, which doesn't change the fact that Holmes had cleared the names of everyone else in that household.
** ''Noble Bachelor''. At one point the missing woman's maid was suspected of either kidnapping her or working with an unidentified kidnapper. Holmes proved that no kidnapping had taken place.
** ''Black Peter''. While Neligan was caught red-handed in attempted burglary (of stock certificates stolen from his murdered father, and thus were arguably his property to begin with), he did not kill Black Peter, and Holmes was able to find the true killer.
** ''Abbey Grange'' has a unique version. An unidentified American police officer clears the Randall gang of a murder in Kent by arresting them for their other crimes in New York the morning after the murder (overnight travel from England to America being impossible in 1897).
** ''The Bruce-Partington Plans''. A state secret has been stolen, and suspicion falls on a clerk who was murdered the same night (some of the papers, but not the most important, were found in his pocket). The dead man's fiancee appeals to Holmes to save his honor, as she puts it. He was already on the case for a different reason - figuring out what had happened to the missing papers.
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** ''The Blue Carbuncle''; in this one, Holmes enters this plot independently of the main investigation, having [[WorkingTheSameCase entered the case following a seemingly unrelated and trivial matter elsewhere]].
** As is ''The Boscombe Valley Mystery''. Although he's brought in by Lestrade originally, Holmes becomes convinced that the suspect is innocent early on and is encouraged to investigate further by said young man's childhood friend, who'd very much like to be his girlfriend, actually.
**In ''The Norwood Builder'' is another example, in which Builder'', a young man was accused of murdering a wealthy old curmudgeon who had recently named him his heir.
** ''The Man Withheir. The Twisted Lip''. While not his primary objective, story opens with him coming to Holmes does prove that the titular man did not abscond with the missing man while figuring out what happened to him.
** ''The Beryl Coronet''. Holmes was mainly concerned with finding the missing part of the coronet, but he did prove that the banker's son was not the one who stole it in the process.
** ''Silver Blaze''. Holmes' primary concern was finding the missing horse, not proving that the man arrestedfor stealing it (and killing the stable master) wasn't responsible, even though he ultimately did both.
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** In ''ThorBridge''. Bridge'', Holmes's client is the husband of the victim, and wants Holmes proved the to prove that his children's governess had not murdered the client's wife.
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**''Sussex Vampire''. In ''The Sussex Vampire'', Holmes proved that the wife's apparent sucking of her child's blood was not malicious and had absolutely nothing to do with vampirism. [[spoiler: She was trying to SuckOutThePoison, as the baby boy had been cut with a poisoned dart [[TheUnfavorite his jealous, hunchbacked older half-brother used on him]].]]
** ''Lion's Mane''. Holmes proves that Murdoch was not responsible for [=McPherson=]'s death (not that there was sufficient evidence to arrest in this case).
** ''Dancing Men''. Holmes was hired to investigate some strange drawings by a man who is later killed. He cracks the code and proves that the man sending the coded messages was the killer, not the client's wife, who not only was wrongfully accused of killing the man but [[spoiler: had been seriously injured ''and'' quite at risk of being hanged if she ever recovered.]]
** ''A Study in Scarlet''. Inspector Gregson arrested a suspect for the first murder, and Holmes later found the man who committed both murders (to be fair, Gregson's suspect ''did'' have a plausible motive).
** ''The Sign of the Four''. Athelney Jones arrests virtually everyone present at the murder scene for complicity in the murder. After Holmes tracked down the parties responsible it turned out that ''one'' of the people Jones had arrested really was involved, which doesn't change the fact that Holmes had cleared the names of everyone else in that household.
** ''Noble Bachelor''. At one point the missing woman's maid was suspected of either kidnapping her or working with an unidentified kidnapper. Holmes proved that no kidnapping had taken place.
** ''Black Peter''. While Neligan was caught red-handed in attempted burglary (of stock certificates stolen from his murdered father, and thus were arguably his property to begin with), he did not kill Black Peter, and Holmes was able to find the true killer.
** ''Abbey Grange'' has a unique version. An unidentified American police officer clears the Randall gang of a murder in Kent by arresting them for their other crimes in New York the morning after the murder (overnight travel from England to America being impossible in 1897).
** ''The Bruce-Partington Plans''. A state secret has been stolen, and suspicion falls on a clerk who was murdered the same night (some of the papers, but not the most important, were found in his pocket). The dead man's fiancee appeals to Holmes to save his honor, as she puts it. He was already on the case for a different reason - figuring out what had happened to the missing papers.]]
** As is ''The Boscombe Valley Mystery''. Although he's brought in by Lestrade originally, Holmes becomes convinced that the suspect is innocent early on and is encouraged to investigate further by said young man's childhood friend, who'd very much like to be his girlfriend, actually.
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** ''The Beryl Coronet''. Holmes was mainly concerned with finding the missing part of the coronet, but he did prove that the banker's son was not the one who stole it in the process.
** ''Silver Blaze''. Holmes' primary concern was finding the missing horse, not proving that the man arrested
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** ''Lion's Mane''. Holmes proves that Murdoch was not responsible for [=McPherson=]'s death (not that there was sufficient evidence to arrest in this case).
** ''Dancing Men''. Holmes was hired to investigate some strange drawings by a man who is later killed. He cracks the code and proves that the man sending the coded messages was the killer, not the client's wife, who not only was wrongfully accused of killing the man but [[spoiler: had been seriously injured ''and'' quite at risk of being hanged if she ever recovered.]]
** ''A Study in Scarlet''. Inspector Gregson arrested a suspect for the first murder, and Holmes later found the man who committed both murders (to be fair, Gregson's suspect ''did'' have a plausible motive).
** ''The Sign of the Four''. Athelney Jones arrests virtually everyone present at the murder scene for complicity in the murder. After Holmes tracked down the parties responsible it turned out that ''one'' of the people Jones had arrested really was involved, which doesn't change the fact that Holmes had cleared the names of everyone else in that household.
** ''Noble Bachelor''. At one point the missing woman's maid was suspected of either kidnapping her or working with an unidentified kidnapper. Holmes proved that no kidnapping had taken place.
** ''Black Peter''. While Neligan was caught red-handed in attempted burglary (of stock certificates stolen from his murdered father, and thus were arguably his property to begin with), he did not kill Black Peter, and Holmes was able to find the true killer.
** ''Abbey Grange'' has a unique version. An unidentified American police officer clears the Randall gang of a murder in Kent by arresting them for their other crimes in New York the morning after the murder (overnight travel from England to America being impossible in 1897).
** ''The Bruce-Partington Plans''. A state secret has been stolen, and suspicion falls on a clerk who was murdered the same night (some of the papers, but not the most important, were found in his pocket). The dead man's fiancee appeals to Holmes to save his honor, as she puts it. He was already on the case for a different reason - figuring out what had happened to the missing papers.
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** In "The Thumb Mark of St Peter", Miss Marple's neice is suspected of killing her husband, if not by the police then certainly by the village gossips.
** In "The Four Suspects", Sir Henry wants to identify which of the eponymous four suspects is a murderer, but thinks the most important thing is proving that three of them ''aren't''.
** In "The Thumb Mark of St Peter", Miss Marple's neice is suspected of killing her husband, if not by the police then certainly by the village gossips.
** In "The Four Suspects", Sir Henry wants to identify which of the eponymous four suspects is a murderer, but thinks the most important thing is proving that three of them ''aren't''.
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* An absolutely standard set-up in ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' is that Jessica gets involved in order to clear the name of a neice or nephew who the police believe is the most likely suspect. This actually gets {{Lampshaded}} in one episode, when a prosecutor attempting to discredit her points out just how many of her relatives have been accused of murder, only for her to get them off.
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* In ''LetsPlay/SkyblockButEvery30SecondsARandomItemSpawns'', the Twitch chat tries to clear Jim Jum's name when he's sentenced to hang for Barnaby's murder. [[spoiler: They succeed, but Jim Jum's unable to be saved.]]
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* In ''LetsPlay/SkyblockButEvery30SecondsARandomItemSpawns'', the Twitch chat tries to clear Jim Jum's name when he's sentenced to hang for Barnaby's murder. [[spoiler: They succeed, but Jim Jum's unable to be saved.]]
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* In ''LetsPlay/SkyblockButEvery30SecondsARandomItemSpawns'', the Twitch chat tries to clear Jim Jum's name when he's sentenced to hang for Barnaby's murder. [[spoiler: They succeed, but Jim Jum's unable to be saved.]]
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* In ''WebVideo/SkyblockButEvery30SecondsARandomItemSpawns'', the Twitch chat tries to clear Jim Jum's name when he's sentenced to hang for Barnaby's murder. [[spoiler: They succeed, but Jim Jum's unable to be saved.]]
* In ''WebVideo/SkyblockButEvery30SecondsARandomItemSpawns'', the Twitch chat tries to clear Jim Jum's name when he's sentenced to hang for Barnaby's murder. [[spoiler: They succeed, but Jim Jum's unable to be saved.]]
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* In a ''CaptainMarvel'' arc tying in with ''ComicBook/{{Empyre}}'', ComicBook/CarolDanvers (recently made a Kree Accuser) was assigned by Emperor ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} to track down and execute an apparent war criminal, a female Kree soldier, for destroying a Kree[=/=]Skrull city. When the Kree surrenders herself, she insists she's innocent but is willing to die an honorable death by a living legend. Carol decides to use her warhammer to see if the Kree truly isn't guilty, and not only does she learn that [[LongLostRelative she's her half-sister Lauri-ell]], she sees nothing that indicates she's responsible for the crime. Acting against Hulkling's order, Carol hides Lauri-ell on Earth and investigates who the true perpetrator is.
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* In a ''CaptainMarvel'' ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|KellyThompson}}'' arc tying in with ''ComicBook/{{Empyre}}'', ComicBook/CarolDanvers (recently made a Kree Accuser) was assigned by Emperor ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} to track down and execute an apparent war criminal, a female Kree soldier, for destroying a Kree[=/=]Skrull city. When the Kree surrenders herself, she insists she's innocent but is willing to die an honorable death by a living legend. Carol decides to use her warhammer to see if the Kree truly isn't guilty, and not only does she learn that [[LongLostRelative she's her half-sister Lauri-ell]], she sees nothing that indicates she's responsible for the crime. Acting against Hulkling's order, Carol hides Lauri-ell on Earth and investigates who the true perpetrator is.
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* In ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', most of your classmates have a tendency to spring to conclusions, fingering the first and most obvious suspect. On top of this, the accused often act in ways that [[NotHelpingYourCase only make them look guiltier]]. Thus, it falls to you to clear the accused's name while working towards exposing the real culprit.
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* In ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', most of your classmates have a tendency to spring to conclusions, fingering the first and most obvious suspect. On top of this, the accused often act in ways that [[NotHelpingYourCase only make them look guiltier]]. Thus, it falls to you to clear the accused's name while working towards exposing the real culprit.
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* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda:'' The quest "The First Murderer" has Ryder asked by Nilken Rensus to prove his innocence. Not helping Nilken's case is that he and the guy he's been accused of killing were seen violently arguing before the first Andromeda colony went to crap, so he's a reasonable suspect. [[spoiler:It eventually turns out Nilken is innocent of the murder... but not of ''attempted'' murder. By amazing coincidence, a kett shot the guy at the same time Nilken was planning on doing so.]]
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** This was the ''very first act of heroism'' Superman ever performed, within the first two pages of ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumberOne'' ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber1'' - saving a girl falsely accused of murder, moments from execution, by revealing the real killer.
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* ''Series/{{Intergalactic}}'': Ash's mother is determined to prove her innocence, and soon does with the help of a computer tech who reveals that the video footage which showed her stealing was faked. By the time she's ordered sent home instead of to a penal colony however, the ship she's on is seized by the prisoners.
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** When Bunty is arrested for murder in "The Scales of Justice", Father Brown, Mrs McCarthy and Sgt. Goodfellow have to scramble to find the evidence to clear her.
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** The storyline ''ComicBook/BruceWayneFugitive'' had this. The Bat-family teamed up to figure out if Bruce truly did kill his latest girlfriend in an attempt to protect his identity. The kicker comes from the fact that during this time, Batman basically said "screw this" and abandoned the Bruce Wayne identity completely.
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** The storyline ''ComicBook/BruceWayneFugitive'' had this. The In ''ComicBook/BruceWayneFugitive'', the Bat-family teamed up to figure out if Bruce truly did kill his latest girlfriend in an attempt to protect his identity. The kicker comes from the fact that during this time, Batman basically said "screw this" and abandoned the Bruce Wayne identity completely.
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** This was the ''very first act of heroism'' Big Blue Superman ever performed, within the first two pages of ''Action Comics'' #1 ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumberOne'' - saving a girl falsely accused of murder, moments from execution, by revealing the real killer.killer.
** In ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Nightwing and Flamebird have been framed for both the death of the hero Mon-El and the terrorist attack which destroyed Metropolis' water supply, and they need to capture the super-villain Reactron to uncover the true culprit.
** In ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Nightwing and Flamebird have been framed for both the death of the hero Mon-El and the terrorist attack which destroyed Metropolis' water supply, and they need to capture the super-villain Reactron to uncover the true culprit.
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* In Series/TheCosbyShow, the Huxtable parents catch Theo with a marijuana joint in his notebook, and Theo insists that the joint isn't his. Despite their believing him, he still goes to great lengths to clear his name by confronting the boy who put the joint there.
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* In ''Series/BostonLegal'', Alan and Chelina try to prevent the execution of a man who has accepted his death, despite probably being innocent. Unable to get a stay of execution before it's scheduled to happen, they watch as the preparations are made, desperately hoping for a phone call to tell them it's not to go ahead. [[spoiler:The call never comes]].
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* In ''Series/BostonLegal'', Alan and Chelina try to prevent the execution of a man in Texas who has accepted his death, despite probably being innocent. Unable to get a stay of execution before it's scheduled to happen, they watch as the preparations are made, desperately hoping for a phone call to tell them it's not to go ahead. [[spoiler:The call never comes]].
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* In ''Series/BostonLegal'', Alan and Chelina try to prevent the execution of a man who has accepted his death, despite probably being innocent. Unable to get a stay of execution before it's scheduled to happen, they watch as the preparations are made, desperately hoping for a phone call to tell them it's not to go ahead. [[spoiler:The call never comes]].
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The poor sap locked up will usually have one person -- often a beloved relative or a best friend (who's actually in love with them, hence their fixated devotion) -- who remains committed to their cause, and who brings in the often-initially skeptical heroes to investigate the case. In some cases, the loved one's devotion to the wrongfully accused will persist even if the wrongfully accused has given up hope of being exonerated. If the hero's good enough, they may learn of the case independently and offer their services to the skeptical police, who are convinced they've got the right person locked up. In some cases, the police might be corrupt and [[{{Frameup}} actively perpetuating]] a MiscarriageOfJustice in order to obscure the true culprit or another crime.
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The poor sap locked up will usually have one person -- often person--often a beloved relative or a best friend (who's actually in love with them, hence their fixated devotion) -- who devotion)--who remains committed to their cause, and who brings in the often-initially skeptical heroes to investigate the case. In some cases, the loved one's devotion to the wrongfully accused will persist even if the wrongfully accused has given up hope of being exonerated. If the hero's good enough, they may learn of the case independently and offer their services to the skeptical police, who are convinced they've got the right person locked up. In some cases, the police might be corrupt and [[{{Frameup}} actively perpetuating]] a MiscarriageOfJustice in order to obscure the true culprit or another crime.
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If it's the protagonist who has to prove himself/herself innocent in the face of a false accusation, it's ClearMyName.
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If it's the protagonist who has to prove himself/herself innocent in the face of a false accusation, it's ClearMyName.
ClearMyName. May overlap with GuiltyUntilSomeoneElseIsGuilty.
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* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': The Exile has to prove that Dhagon Ghent didn't murder Captain Sullio.
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* ''Series/ForLife'': Some of the prisoners whom Aaron helps with their cases were he thinks also wrongly convicted.
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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The Owl of Minerva", Inspector Sullivan is framed for murder. After breaking out of gaol, he is forced to team-up with Father Brown and his associates in order to clear his name.
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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': ''Series/FatherBrown'':
** In "The Owl of Minerva", Inspector Sullivan is framed for murder. After breaking out of gaol, he is forced to team-up with Father Brown and his associates in order to clear hisname.name.
** When Bunty is arrested for murder in "The Scales of Justice", Father Brown, Mrs McCarthy and Sgt. Goodfellow have to scramble to find the evidence to clear her.
** In "The Owl of Minerva", Inspector Sullivan is framed for murder. After breaking out of gaol, he is forced to team-up with Father Brown and his associates in order to clear his
** When Bunty is arrested for murder in "The Scales of Justice", Father Brown, Mrs McCarthy and Sgt. Goodfellow have to scramble to find the evidence to clear her.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': When the Holliday College students Eve Brown and Dorothy "Dot" Lord are accused of being Nazi spies and arrested Diana quickly realizes they and eighteen others been set up to take a fall by Paula. In order to decrease the security on her she's been pretending to give the US the names of other Nazi saboteurs, and for some reason the FBI is taking her at her word. Di spends the issue trying to prove the girls are innocent.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: When the Holliday College students Eve Brown and Dorothy "Dot" Lord are accused of being Nazi spies and arrested Diana quickly realizes they and eighteen others been set up to take a fall by Paula. In order to decrease the security on her she's been pretending to give the US the names of other Nazi saboteurs, and for some reason the FBI is taking her at her word. Di spends the issue trying to prove the girls are innocent.
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* Francis has to clear Peter's name when he is accused of murder in ''[[Film/FrancisTheTalkingMule Francis Covers the Big Town]]''.
