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* RejectedApology: A man Sam sent to prison for 10 years who is later found innocent tells Sam flat out that he will never forgive him for stealing those years of his life.


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* ThisIsUnforgivable: Matty's reaction to Tess admitting that it was her testimony that sent him to prison could be considered an example. While she's clearly remorseful about what she did, Matty is shocked and hurt and when Tess is distracted he leaves without saying a word, never contacting her again.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Wallace and Hayes get into an argument where it was revealed that Hayes could have a true romantic relationship with him in Chicago. But because Connor is still hurt about how she left, he calls her out on her bratty and self-destructive attitude.
->'''Wallace''': Why is it impossible for you to trust me?
->'''Hayes''': Well, you hardly set a precedent.
->'''Wallace''': Hell no. You don't get to do that. I never betrayed you. You're the one who left in Chicago, not me.
->'''Hayes''': I left Chicago because I was fired.
->'''Wallace''': You got yourself fired because things were going well for you, for us, and it freaked you out.
->'''Hayes''': Oh, right. This is all about you.
->'''Wallace''': No. This is all about you and your need to constantly challenge people with the things that you say and the cases you pick and how you defy everyone and trust no one. And you never, ever admit when you're wrong, no matter how much damage you leave in your wake.

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It is, as in, it has existing copies of it. It would be was if it was confirmed to be lost forever. Adding the "aired" to make clear that it's a cancelled show.


''Conviction'' was a legal drama on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Creator/HayleyAtwell.

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''Conviction'' was is a legal drama that aired on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Creator/HayleyAtwell.



* CessationOfExistence: Hayes says this happens when you die, telling one death row prisoner he will be "worm food". [[spoiler:She regrets this after he's executed, although she had wished he would go to {{Heaven}} like he wanted beforehand.]]

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* CessationOfExistence: Hayes says this happens when you die, telling one death row prisoner he will be "worm food". [[spoiler:She regrets this after he's executed, although saying she had wished he would go to {{Heaven}} like he wanted beforehand.]]



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Hayes Morrison's character is obviously based on someone imagining the result of combining Chelsea Clinton with an overly exaggerated version of George W. Bush's daughters from when they had party-girl reputations.
** Her mother is a former First Lady running for Senator of New York. She's a well-connected blonde with a legal background. Prior to the re-naming of Hayley Atwell's character (from Carter to Morrison, to avoid confusion with Atwell's most famous role) she would have been "Harper Carter", or "HC".

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
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NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Hayes Morrison's character Morrison is obviously based on someone imagining the result of combining Chelsea Clinton with an overly exaggerated version of George W. Bush's daughters from when they had party-girl reputations.
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reputations with Chelsea Clinton. Her mother is a former First Lady running for Senator of New York. She's a well-connected blonde with a legal background.York. Prior to the re-naming of Hayley Atwell's character (from Carter to Morrison, to avoid confusion with Atwell's most famous role) she would have been "Harper Carter", or "HC".
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* BiTheWay: Hayes turns out to have had a girlfriend in the past, who's considered as her replacement at the CIU.
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''Conviction'' is a legal drama on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Creator/HayleyAtwell.

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* AcquittedTooLate: In "A Different Kind of Death", [[spoiler: Earl Slavitt]] is proven innocent only after he's been put to death. This was mostly due to the real killer's interference.

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* AcquittedTooLate: In "A Different Kind of Death", [[spoiler: Earl [[spoiler:Earl Slavitt]] is proven innocent only after he's been put to death. This was mostly due to the real killer's interference.



* TheAtoner: Tess, who is adamant over the unreliability of eyewitness testimony... because her own eyewitness testimony sent an innocent man to prison. She's also quietly slipped extra money to the guy without his knowledge for several years to help him maintain his food truck.

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* TheAtoner: Tess, who Tess is adamant over the unreliability of eyewitness testimony... because her own eyewitness testimony sent an innocent man to prison. She's also quietly slipped extra money to the guy without his knowledge for several years to help him maintain his food truck.



* CessationOfExistence: Hayes says this happens when you die, telling one death row prisoner he will be "worm food". [[spoiler: She regrets this after he's executed, although she had wished he would go to {{Heaven}} like he wanted beforehand.]]

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* CessationOfExistence: Hayes says this happens when you die, telling one death row prisoner he will be "worm food". [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She regrets this after he's executed, although she had wished he would go to {{Heaven}} like he wanted beforehand.]]



** [[spoiler: "A Different Kind of Death". Earl Slavitt isn't only innocent of ordering a hit on Tom Simon, he's innocent of the crime he was initially convicted of that supposedly caused him to order the hit in revenge. They find proof too late to stop Slavitt's execution.]]

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** [[spoiler: In "A Different Kind of Death". Earl Death", [[spoiler:Earl Slavitt isn't only innocent of ordering a hit on Tom Simon, he's innocent of the crime he was initially convicted of that supposedly caused him to order the hit in revenge. They find proof too late to stop Slavitt's execution.]]



** [[spoiler: Earl Slavitt in "A Different Kind of Death" was framed not only for murder, but the original crime he supposedly committed it in revenge for.]]

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** [[spoiler: Earl [[spoiler:Earl Slavitt in "A Different Kind of Death" was framed not only for murder, but the original crime he supposedly committed it in revenge for.]]



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In-universe, Tess went to work for the Innocence Project and later for the [=CIU=] out of guilt because when she'd been a child her identification of a suspect had sent him to prison, while later DNA evidence had exonerated him.



* OldShame: In-universe, Tess went to work for the Innocence Project and later for the [=CIU=] out of guilt because when she'd been a child her identification of a suspect had sent him to prison, while later DNA evidence had exonerated him.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: You can hear a little [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Peggy Carter]] in Morrison's voice every so often.

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* OldShame: In-universe, Tess went to work for the Innocence Project and later for the [=CIU=] out of guilt because when she'd been a child her identification of a suspect had sent him to prison, while later DNA evidence had exonerated him.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: You can hear a little [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse [[Series/AgentCarter Peggy Carter]] in Morrison's voice every so often.



* TwoferTokenMinority: Frankie Cruz is Latino and [[spoiler:gay]].

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Frankie Cruz is Latino and [[spoiler:gay]].gay.
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* RunningGag: Hayes repeatedly offers to let people see or touch her breasts in exchange for their cooperation. She claims it's [[NoodleIncident worked before]], but nobody takes her up on it in the show.
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* RightBehindYou: Hayes rather nonchalantly proclaims that the team can get "another good-looking black prison boy" to exonerate if they can't do a quick one with the convict's case before CIU. Unfortunately, his mother walked in and overheard everything. She's revealed to have been standing behind Hayes.

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* RightBehindYou: Hayes rather nonchalantly proclaims that the team can get "another good-looking black prison poster boy" to exonerate if they can't do a quick one with the convict's case before CIU. Unfortunately, his mother walked in and overheard everything. She's revealed to have been standing behind Hayes.
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It premiered on October 3, 2016. On November 8, 2016, ABC announced there would be no back-order for more than the thirteen contracted episodes, and the remaining episodes of the season aired until its conclusion on January 29, 2017. ABC canceled the series on May 11, 2017.
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* NotStayingForBreakfast: In the last episode, Hayes is shown taking off after having had sex with a man the night before. He tries to arrange a future meeting, but she brushes it off and drives away in a cab.

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* HollywoodLaw: Part of Tess's backstory (mistakenly saying that an innocent man murdered her aunt) makes no legal sense. She had identified him in a line up and testified against him, yet somehow he doesn't know her name or face, so she's able to come up and buy food from him each day for months before finally revealing it? Defendants have the right to confront (i.e. face) witnesses against them, so he would have been sitting in court when she testified. Only in a few cases can a witness be allowed to not face the defendant-mostly sex offenses, which doesn't apply here, and he would still know her name.
** Tess implies she may have been a minor at the time of the crime and subsequent trial, which may affect whether her identity was protected.

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* HollywoodLaw: Part of Tess's backstory (mistakenly saying that an innocent man murdered her aunt) makes no legal sense. She had identified him in a line up and testified against him, yet somehow he doesn't know her name or face, so she's able to come up and buy food from him each day for months before finally revealing it? Defendants have the right to confront (i.e. face) witnesses against them, so he would have been sitting in court when she testified. Only in a few cases can a witness be allowed to not face the defendant-mostly sex offenses, which doesn't apply here, and he would still know her name. \n** Tess implies she may have been a minor at the time of the crime and subsequent trial, which may affect whether her identity was protected.
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* AcquittedTooLate: In "A Different Kind of Death", [[spoiler: Earl Slavitt]] is exonerated only after he's been put to death. This was mostly due to the real killer's interference.

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* AcquittedTooLate: In "A Different Kind of Death", [[spoiler: Earl Slavitt]] is exonerated proven innocent only after he's been put to death. This was mostly due to the real killer's interference.

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* AcquittedTooLate: In "A Different Kind of Death", [[spoiler: Earl Slavitt]] is exonerated only after he's been put to death. This was mostly due to the real killer's interference.



* FrameUp: [[spoiler:The wife of a victim in "Dropping Bombs" murdered him for having an affair by using a bomb a militant Islamophobe designed, implicating him in the process.]]

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[[spoiler:The wife of a victim in "Dropping Bombs" murdered him for having an affair by using a bomb a militant Islamophobe designed, implicating him in the process.]]
** [[spoiler: Earl Slavitt in "A Different Kind of Death" was framed not only for murder, but the original crime he supposedly committed it in revenge for.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Hayes introduces herself to her new staff by openly admitting that she expects them to do all the hard work for her, and repeatedly debates whether or not Sam Spencer is a moron ''while he's standing right there.''

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* {{Jerkass}}: Hayes introduces herself to her new staff by openly admitting that she expects them to do all the hard work for her, and repeatedly debates whether or not Sam Spencer is a moron ''while he's standing right there.'''' [[CharacterDevelopment Over time]] she gets more involved and nicer to people.

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