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* InspectorJavert: Bellows is ''obsessed'' with proving that Madeline Scott really did kill Rosemary Lynch. His own predecessor warns him that this could ruin him yet he continues to try and "prove" her guilt.
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* InspectorJavert: Bellows is ''obsessed'' with proving that Madeline Scott really did kill Rosemary Lynch. His own predecessor warns him that this could ruin him yet he continues to try and "prove" her guilt. [[spoiler:To his 'credit', when Madeline is found not guilty he appears willing to let the matter rest, and expresses genuine regret when he learns the identity of the real killer]].
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** While he claims his quest to prove Madeline is guilty is guided by justice, it's clear Bellows can't get over Madeline ruining his record by her innocence and this is really about his wounded pride.
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** While he claims his quest to prove Madeline is guilty is guided by justice, it's clear Bellows can't get over Madeline ruining his record by her innocence and this is really about his wounded pride.pride, [[spoiler:although he does show regret when meeting with Madeline in private after they have learned the truth]].
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* AbusiveParents: In "Shaken", the team aids a woman who was wrongfully convicted for the death of her daughter. They soon uncover a long history of abusive behavior from the child's grandmother.
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* AbusiveParents: In "Shaken", the team aids a woman who was wrongfully convicted for the death of her daughter. They soon uncover a long history of abusive behavior from the child's grandmother.grandmother, to the extent that she broke her grandson's arm.
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** In "Shaken", the team is aided by a former Medical Examiner who helped put dozens of women in jail because of the theory of "shaken baby syndrome", and now fears that many of those diagnoses may have been wrong.
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** In "Shaken", the team is aided by a former Medical Examiner who helped put dozens of women in jail because of the theory of "shaken baby syndrome", and now fears that many of those diagnoses may have been wrong.wrong based on new medical evidence.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In "In Defense of Madeline Scott", Levi agrees to testify against Madeline in order to avoid going back to jail.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In "In Defense of Madeline Scott", Levi agrees to testify against Madeline in order to avoid going back to jail.jail; ultimately subverted when it turns out he only did it so that he could call Bellows corrupt while testifying.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The ending of "A [=CinderHella=] Story" as [[spoiler:the gang realize Adele and Kaufman played them by setting up a serial killer as the supposed murderer of Adele's mother and the team freed her. Worse is that the team know they have to keep it quiet, first because they say it violates lawyer/client confidentiality to reveal it. More importantly, nothing will destroy the reputation of an "innocence project" more than revealing they did get a guilty person out of jail. Thus, the team is forced to learn from their mistake of letting a twisted killer go free.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** The ending of "A [=CinderHella=] Story" as [[spoiler:the gang realize Adele and Kaufman played them by setting up a serial killer as the supposed murderer of Adele's mother and the team freed her. Worse is that the team know they have to keep it quiet, first because they say it violates lawyer/client confidentiality to reveal it. More importantly, nothing will destroy the reputation of an "innocence project" more than revealing they did get a guilty person out of jail. Thus, the team is forced to learn from their mistake of letting a twisted killer go free.]]]]
** On a more positive note, during "In Defence of Madeline Scott", [[spoiler:Heather Husband finally recognises that she was wrong about Madeline when new evidence emerges that Ravi is still alive and is trying to stop the trial, although Madeline cannot let Heather testify in her defence as a witness changing sides would actually hurt her case]].
** The ending of "A [=CinderHella=] Story" as [[spoiler:the gang realize Adele and Kaufman played them by setting up a serial killer as the supposed murderer of Adele's mother and the team freed her. Worse is that the team know they have to keep it quiet, first because they say it violates lawyer/client confidentiality to reveal it. More importantly, nothing will destroy the reputation of an "innocence project" more than revealing they did get a guilty person out of jail. Thus, the team is forced to learn from their mistake of letting a twisted killer go free.
** On a more positive note, during "In Defence of Madeline Scott", [[spoiler:Heather Husband finally recognises that she was wrong about Madeline when new evidence emerges that Ravi is still alive and is trying to stop the trial, although Madeline cannot let Heather testify in her defence as a witness changing sides would actually hurt her case]].
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** In "Shaken", after the case has concluded by exposing a long history of child abuse from Deborah Vandenhey, the grandmother of the dead infant, although Deborah was not responsible for the infant's death directly, the judge makes it clear that she is only not opening charges of child abuse against Deborah because the statute of limitations has exposed, but expresses full confidence that Deborah will be tried and convicted in the court of public opinion.
** During "In Defence of Madeline Scott", Madeline bluntly informs Gore Bellows that whatever soul he had has dried up long ago.
** In "Shaken", after the case has concluded by exposing a long history of child abuse from Deborah Vandenhey, the grandmother of the dead infant, although Deborah was not responsible for the infant's death directly, the judge makes it clear that she is only not opening charges of child abuse against Deborah because the statute of limitations has exposed, but expresses full confidence that Deborah will be tried and convicted in the court of public opinion.
** During "In Defence of Madeline Scott", Madeline bluntly informs Gore Bellows that whatever soul he had has dried up long ago.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: During "In Defence of Madeline Scott", the defence includes [[spoiler:a videotape of Rosemary where she reveals that, while cult leader Ravi was trying to make Rosemary drug Madeline so he could have sex with her, Rosemary intended to deliberately give Madeline enough drugs to render her unconscious so that Ravi couldn't do anything to her]].
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* ImmoralJournalist: Journalist Dylan dates defense attorney Madeline Scott in hopes of finding evidence that she murdered her best friend years earlier. After she finds out his true motives, she dumps his ass.
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* PrisonChangesPeople: Discussed in an episode when Madeline and Easy take on the case of a young black man who was wrongfully convicted in a shooting and has spent several years in jail. All that time in prison has aged the kid, making it that much harder to convince the jury that he was still a teenager when he was arrested.
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Years after being exonerated for a murder that she didn't commit, defense attorney Madeline Scott learns that Gore Bellows, the District Attorney who sent her to jail, is running for State Attorney General. Incensed that the man who ruined her life is angling for a promotion, she and her firm start going through his old cases, seeking proof that he's corrupt.
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Years after being exonerated for a murder that she didn't commit, defense attorney Madeline Scott learns that Gore Bellows, the District Attorney who sent her to jail, is running for State Attorney General. Incensed that the man who ruined her life is angling for a promotion, she and her firm start going through his old cases, seeking proof that he's corrupt.
corrupt. However, Bellows is still certain that Madeline was guilty, and he's equally determined to put her away again.
The series was canceled after one season.
The series was canceled after one season.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In "Acceptable Losses", while a character comes across as an arrogant entitled man in his first meeting with Easy and Bodie, when he learns that one of his friends raped his then-girlfriend when they were in college, he immediately apologises for what happened and puts his own reputation at risk by revealing his association with the rapist to make amends for what happened.
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* NaughtyNarcs: Davon Watkins' murder case involves a crooked former DEA agent who now works for a crime boss.
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses", it turns out that another man committed the rape and murder that Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them inputting the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses", it turns out that another man someone else committed the rape and murder that Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them inputting the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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* FormerBigot: In "Cross to Bear", Madeline takes on the case of a former white supremacist who was framed for the murder of a black man. He claims to have renounced his former beliefs, but it's left ambiguous whether he actually did, causing tensions between Maddie and her black associates, who are understandably uncomfortable with defending a white supremacist.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In "In Defense of Madeline Scott", Levi agrees to testify against Madeline in order to avoid going back to jail.]]
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* StepfordSmiler: In "In Defense of Madeline Scott", Reverend Malloy smiles compulsively as Madeline and Easy ask her about Ravi.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After she helps him find evidence to retry Madeline Scott, Gore fires Isabel Sanchez in the hopes of covering up the fact that she obtained evidence illegally.]]
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* NotUsedToFreedom: In "The Struggle for Stonewall", client-of-the-week Cindy initially declines to Madeline's offer to re-open her case, as she has no idea what she would do if she were free.
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* AbusiveParents: In "Shaken", the team aids a woman who was wrongfully convicted for the death of her daughter. They soon uncover a long history of abusive behavior from the child's grandmother.
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* TheAtoner: In "Cross to Bear", Madeline and Easy take the case of a former white supremacist who has renounced his racist views since being locked up.
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* TheAtoner: TheAtoner:
** In "Cross to Bear", Madeline and Easy take the case of a former white supremacist who has renounced his racist views since being lockedup.up.
** In "Shaken", the team is aided by a former Medical Examiner who helped put dozens of women in jail because of the theory of "shaken baby syndrome", and now fears that many of those diagnoses may have been wrong.
** In "Cross to Bear", Madeline and Easy take the case of a former white supremacist who has renounced his racist views since being locked
** In "Shaken", the team is aided by a former Medical Examiner who helped put dozens of women in jail because of the theory of "shaken baby syndrome", and now fears that many of those diagnoses may have been wrong.
* JunkieParent: Nikki is taking care of her nephew because her sister is in rehab for drug addiction.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: At the end of "Shaken", Judge Speer, normally opposed to grandstanding, decides to publicly call out Deborah Vandenhey for abusing her children and grandchildren, ensuring that while Deborah might never see the inside of a jail cell, her reputation will be ruined.
* RichBitch: In "Shaken", Deborah Vandenhey has used her money and political influence to cover up decades of abusive behavior towards her son and grandson. [[spoiler:She also used her power to frame her daughter-in-law for murder.]]
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: "The Struggle for Stonewall" notes how many in the LGBT rights movement during the 1980s rejected transgender people, believing they would hurt their progress. One of the gay activists who had expresses remorse for it in the present.
* WhiteSheep: In "Shaken", Declan Vandenhey has tried very hard to cut off all ties with his family, who are all protecting their vicious, abusive matriarch.
* WhiteSheep: In "Shaken", Declan Vandenhey has tried very hard to cut off all ties with his family, who are all protecting their vicious, abusive matriarch.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bellows appears to have a wandering eye, as he enthusiastically takes Isabel Sanchez under his wing and openly flirts with Susan Alders (and it's implied they have sex in "The Shame Game").
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: "The Struggle for Stonewall" notes how many in the LGBT rights movement during the 1980s rejected transgender people, believing they would hurt their progress. One of the gay activists who had expresses remorse for it in the present.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: "The Struggle for Stonewall" notes how many in the LGBT rights movement during the 1980s rejected transgender people, believing they would hurt their progress. One of the gay activists who had expresses remorse for it in the present.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bellows appears to have a wandering eye, as he enthusiastically takes Isabel Sanchez under his wing and openly flirts with Susan Alders (and it's implied they have sex in "The Shame Game").
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: "The Struggle for Stonewall" notes how many in the LGBT rights movement during the 1980s rejected transgender people, believing they would hurt their progress. One of the gay activists who had expresses remorse for it in the present.Game").
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: "The Struggle for Stonewall" notes how many in the LGBT rights movement during the 1980s rejected transgender people, believing they would hurt their progress. One of the gay activists who had expresses remorse for it in the present.
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* InspectorJavert: Bellows is ''obsessed'' with proving that Madeline Scott really did kill Rosemary Lynch.
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* InspectorJavert: Bellows is ''obsessed'' with proving that Madeline Scott really did kill Rosemary Lynch. His own predecessor warns him that this could ruin him yet he continues to try and "prove" her guilt.
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* ShowerScene: In a flashback, Maddie has one with Wren, her girlfriend, while they were both prisoners.
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* ShowerScene: In a flashback, Maddie has had one with Wren, her girlfriend, while they were both prisoners.
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* ShowerScene: In a flashback, Maddie has one in prison with her girlfriend Wren.
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* ShowerScene: In a flashback, Maddie has one in prison with Wren, her girlfriend Wren.girlfriend, while they were both prisoners.
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** Some of the transwomen in "The Struggle for Stonewall" note that when they fought to defend themselves from bigots, ''they'' were arrested by the police.
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** Some of the transwomen in "The Struggle for Stonewall" note that when they fought to defend themselves from transphobic bigots, ''they'' were the police instead arrested by the police.''them''.
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying that her girlfriend Wren is a prisoner however. Later, she's still pretty reluctant to tell her friends.]]
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying that her girlfriend Wren is a prisoner however.in prison though. Later, she's still pretty reluctant to tell her friends.]] ]]
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''Proven Innocent'' is a series airing on Creator/{{Fox}}, starring Creator/KelseyGrammer and Rachel Lefevre.
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''Proven Innocent'' is a series airing on Creator/{{Fox}}, starring Creator/KelseyGrammer and Creator/KelseyGrammer, Rachel Lefevre.
Lefevre, Riley Smith, Russell Horsnby and Nikki M. James.
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Madeline had a relationship with a female inmate during her time in prison. She's dating a man later, but she and Wren still share a kiss when Maddie goes to visit her. After she finds out Noah's a reporter investigating her, Madeline dumps him and rekindles the past relationship.]]
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Madeline had a relationship with a female inmate during her time in prison. She's dating a man later, but she and Wren still share a kiss when Maddie goes to visit her. After she finds out Noah's a reporter who's been investigating her, Madeline dumps him and rekindles the past prior relationship.]]
* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying that her girlfriend Wren is a prisoner however. Later, she's still pretty reluctant to tell her friends.]]
** Some of the transwomen in "The Struggle for Stonewall" note that when they fought to defend themselves from bigots, ''they'' were arrested by the police.
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying that Wren is a prisoner however.]]
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Kaufman]] frames a man previously acquitted of serial murders with faked emails indicating that he killed [[spoiler:Adele's]] stepmother, insuring her acquittal on the charge.
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* FrameUp: FrameUp:
** [[spoiler:Kaufman]] frames a man previously acquitted of serial murders with faked emails indicating that he killed [[spoiler:Adele's]] stepmother, insuring her acquittal on thecharge. charge.
** In "SEAL Team Deep Six", Rachel Clarke was framed by the real killer of her training officer.
** [[spoiler:Kaufman]] frames a man previously acquitted of serial murders with faked emails indicating that he killed [[spoiler:Adele's]] stepmother, insuring her acquittal on the
** In "SEAL Team Deep Six", Rachel Clarke was framed by the real killer of her training officer.
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* HollywoodLaw: In "A [=CinderHella=] Story" after Violet records [[spoiler:Adele and Kaufman]] talking of how they got the former off, she says they can't use it because of attorney-client privilege. However, that only applies to communications between attorneys and clients, but the pair agree with her even so. She is not a lawyer in any case, so the evidence could be delivered to the police regardless. However, eavesdropping like she did is illegal under Illinois law, so there could be some repercussions for it. Bellows likely would be happy to get it though and decline to prosecute (Violet could be sued for this, however.)
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* HollywoodLaw: In "A [=CinderHella=] Story" after Violet records [[spoiler:Adele and Kaufman]] talking of how they got the former off, she says they can't use it because of attorney-client privilege. However, that only applies to legal communications between attorneys and clients, but the pair agree with her even so. She is not a lawyer in any case, so the evidence could be delivered to the police regardless. However, eavesdropping like she did is illegal under Illinois law, so there could be some repercussions for it. Bellows likely would be happy to get it though and decline to prosecute (Violet could be sued for this, however.)
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses" it turns out that another man committed the rape and murder Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them inputting the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses" Losses", it turns out that another man committed the rape and murder that Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them inputting the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Toby Kissell hangs himself after Maddie and Levi threaten to expose his past.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Toby Kissell hangs himself after Maddie and Levi threaten to expose his past.past as a drug dealer.]]
* InspectorJavert: Bellows is ''obsessed'' with proving that Madeline Scott really did kill Rosemary Lynch.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Heather Husband's decision to bring up the Rosemary Harris case during her testimony in Levi's assault case allows Madeline to cross-examine her and point out inconsistencies in her testimony from that case. Since Heather was a key witness in the Harris case, she ends up accidentally severely damaging Bellows' and Sanchez's efforts to retry Madeline and Levi, forcing them to find new evidence. Meanwhile, the prosecution in Levi's assault case decides to offer Levi a plea bargain rather than risk having Heather's boneheaded husband get cross-examined.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Heather Husband's decision to bring up the Rosemary Harris Lynch case during her testimony in Levi's assault case allows Madeline to cross-examine her and point out inconsistencies in her testimony from that case. Since Heather was a key witness in the Harris Lynch case, she ends up accidentally severely damaging Bellows' and Sanchez's efforts to retry Madeline and Levi, forcing them to find new evidence. Meanwhile, the prosecution in Levi's assault case decides to offer Levi a plea bargain rather than risk having Heather's boneheaded husband get cross-examined.
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* RealityEnsues: In "Seal Team Deep Six", Madeline's legal training repeatedly fails her when dealing with a military court, which has very different rules from a civilian court.
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses" it turns out that another man committed the rape and murder Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them imputing the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses" it turns out that another man committed the rape and murder Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them imputing inputting the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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** Levi Scott hits back when Brian Husband assaults him with a bat. Brian and Helen, his wife, then claim Levi attacked ''him'', so he's facing assault charges.
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** Levi Scott hits back when Brian Husband assaults him with a bat. Brian and Helen, Heather, his wife, then claim Levi attacked ''him'', so he's facing assault charges.
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying that Wren is a prisoner however.]]
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler Madeline [[spoiler:Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying that Wren is a prisoner however.]]
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Madeline had a relationship with a female inmate during her time in prison. She's dating a man later, but they still share a kiss when Maddie goes to visit her. After she finds out he's a reporter investigating her, Madeline rekindles the past relationship.]]
* BittersweetEnding: "Acceptable Losses" ends with [[spoiler: Davon Watkins executed, but Daniel Hernandez freed and Maddie's girlfriend being paroled.]]
* BittersweetEnding: "Acceptable Losses" ends with [[spoiler: Davon Watkins executed, but Daniel Hernandez freed and Maddie's girlfriend being paroled.]]
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Madeline had a relationship with a female inmate during her time in prison. She's dating a man later, but they she and Wren still share a kiss when Maddie goes to visit her. After she finds out he's Noah's a reporter investigating her, Madeline dumps him and rekindles the past relationship.]]
* BittersweetEnding: "Acceptable Losses" ends with[[spoiler: Davon [[spoiler:Davon Watkins executed, but Daniel Hernandez freed and Maddie's girlfriend Wren being paroled.]]
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses" it turns out that a man committed the rape and murder Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them imputing the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses" it turns out that a another man committed the rape and murder Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them imputing the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler: Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying her girlfriend is a prisoner however.]]
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler: [[spoiler Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying her girlfriend that Wren is a prisoner however.]]
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Violet's badgering Madeline about her love life becomes this when it's revealed that [[spoiler:Madeline is still not over her relationship with her girlfriend, who is still in prison.]]
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Violet's badgering Madeline about her love life becomes this when it's revealed that [[spoiler:Madeline is still not over her relationship with her girlfriend, who is still in prison.prison when the series opens.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Heather Husband's decision to bring up the Rosemary Harris case during her testimony in Levi's assault case allows Madeline to cross-examine her and point out inconsistencies in her testimony from that case. Since Heather was a key witness in the Harris case, she ends up accidentally severely damaging Bellows' and Sanchez's efforts to retry Madeline and Levi, forcing them to find new evidence. Meanwhile, the prosecution in Levi's assault case decides to offer Levi a plea bargain rather than risk having Heather's boneheaded husband get cross-examined.
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** Madeline and Levi's backstory is clearly inspired by the Amanda Knox case. Like Knox and her then-boyfriend, Maddie and Levi were accused of murder based largely on their behavior when the police brought them in while intoxicated.
** In "Acceptable Losses", the Daniel Hernandez case draws heavily from the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, including a reference to the "devil's triangle" and testimony that parallels the real-life testimony from Christine Blasey Ford.
** Madeline and Levi's backstory is clearly inspired by the Amanda Knox case. Like Knox and her then-boyfriend, Maddie and Levi were accused of murder based largely on their behavior when the police brought them in while intoxicated.
** In "Acceptable Losses", the Daniel Hernandez case draws heavily from the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, including a reference to the "devil's triangle" and testimony that parallels the real-life testimony from Christine Blasey Ford.
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* EvilCounterpart: Isabel Sanchez, Bellows' new second-in-command, is set up to be the evil counterpart (for a given value of "evil") to Madeline Scott. Whereas Madeline suffered a wrongful conviction because of Bellows' glory-hounding, Sanchez not only lost the chance to see the man who killed her parents get punished because of a slick defense attorney, but he only had a chance to kill her because he was released of an assault charge a month before her mother died.
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* EvilCounterpart: Isabel Sanchez, Bellows' new second-in-command, is set up to be the evil counterpart (for a given value of "evil") to Madeline Scott. Whereas Madeline suffered a wrongful conviction because of Bellows' glory-hounding, Sanchez not only lost the chance to see the man who killed her parents get punished because of a slick defense attorney, but he only had a chance to kill her because he was released of after an assault charge a month before her mother died.
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* EvilCounterpart: Isabel Sanchez, Bellows' new second-in-command, is set up to be the evil counterpart (for a given value of "evil") to Madeline Scott. Whereas Madeline suffered a wrongful conviction because of Bellows' glory-hounding, Sanchez lost the chance to see the man who killed her parents get punished because of a slick defense attorney.
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* EvilCounterpart: Isabel Sanchez, Bellows' new second-in-command, is set up to be the evil counterpart (for a given value of "evil") to Madeline Scott. Whereas Madeline suffered a wrongful conviction because of Bellows' glory-hounding, Sanchez not only lost the chance to see the man who killed her parents get punished because of a slick defense attorney.attorney, but he only had a chance to kill her because he was released of an assault charge a month before her mother died.
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* ShowerScene: In a flashback, Maddie has one in prison with her girlfriend.
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* BittersweetEnding: "Acceptable Losses" ends with [[spoiler: Davon Watkins executed, but Daniel Hernandez freed and Maddie's girlfriend being paroled.]]
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* ChildByRape: In "Acceptable Losses" it turns out that a man committed the rape and murder Daniel Hernandez had been convicted of. This is found out as a result of them imputing the DNA from the crime scene and finding his son had searched for relatives with an online service. It turns out that the son was the result of him committing a rape in the past, and this helps show the truth of the previous crimes as well.
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler: Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is find with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying her girlfriend is a prisoner however.]]
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler: Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall". Her mom is find fine with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying her girlfriend is a prisoner however.]]
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* TransTribulations: "The Struggle for Stonewall" showcases the many travails trans people face, from discrimination to assaults or being rejected even by fellow members of the LGBT community.
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* AgainstMyReligion: Easy initially refuses to take part in Sarah Bukhari's case because it allegedly involves abortion, to which he is morally opposed.
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* AgainstMyReligion: Easy initially refuses to take part in Sarah Bukhari's case because it allegedly involves involved her having an (illegal) abortion, to which he is morally opposed.opposed to. He changes his mind later though, deciding that 25 years in prison was excessive punishment even if she ''had'' done this.
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Madeline had a relationship with a female inmate during her time in prison. She's dating a man now, but they still share a kiss when Maddie goes to visit her.]]
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Madeline had a relationship with a female inmate during her time in prison. She's dating a man now, later, but they still share a kiss when Maddie goes to visit her.her. After she finds out he's a reporter investigating her, Madeline rekindles the past relationship.]]
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall".]]
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Madeline [[spoiler: Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall".Stonewall". Her mom is find with it and wants to meet Madeline's girlfriend. She's thrown by Madeline saying her girlfriend is a prisoner however.]]
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* {{Transgender}}: In "The Struggle for Stonewall", Madeline and Easy take up the case of Cindy Whitman, a trans woman accused of killing a trans activist.
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* TransEqualsGay: Cindy mentions she and Vanessa had both been viewed as gay men by the cops along with many other people, not as trans women.
* {{Transgender}}: In "The Struggle for Stonewall", Madeline and Easy take up the case of Cindy Whitman, a trans womanaccused convicted of killing murdering a trans woman activist.
* {{Transgender}}: In "The Struggle for Stonewall", Madeline and Easy take up the case of Cindy Whitman, a trans woman
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bellows appears to have a wandering eye, as he enthusiastically takes Isabel Sanchez under his wing and openly flirts with Susan Alders (and it's implied they have sex in "The Shame Game").
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bellows appears to have a wandering eye, as he enthusiastically takes Isabel Sanchez under his wing and openly flirts with Susan Alders (and it's implied they have sex in "The Shame Game").Game").
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: "The Struggle for Stonewall" notes how many in the LGBT rights movement during the 1980s rejected transgender people, believing they would hurt their progress. One of the gay activists who had expresses remorse for it in the present.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: "The Struggle for Stonewall" notes how many in the LGBT rights movement during the 1980s rejected transgender people, believing they would hurt their progress. One of the gay activists who had expresses remorse for it in the present.
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Madeline comes out to her mother as bisexual at the end of "The Struggle for Stonewall".]]
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* HomophobicHateCrime: In "The Struggle for Stonewall", Bodie gets struck in the head by a bunch of homophobes after leaving a drag bar.
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* {{Transgender}}: In "The Struggle for Stonewall", Madeline and Easy take up the case of Cindy Whitman, a trans woman accused of killing a trans activist.
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* AgainstMyReligion: Easy initially refuses to take part in Sarah Bukhari's case because it allegedly involves abortion, to which he is morally opposed.
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* TheAtoner: In "Cross to Bear", Madeline and Easy take the case of a former white supremacy who has renounced his racist views since being locked up.
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* TheAtoner: In "Cross to Bear", Madeline and Easy take the case of a former white supremacy supremacist who has renounced his racist views since being locked up.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Levi accuses Madeline of this when she intervenes in his assault case, claiming that she needs to feel like everyone else depends on her.
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* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:In order to take down Detective Falcone, Madeline Scott makes a deal with Bellows, giving him ammunition against his political opponent.]]
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* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:In order to take down Detective Falcone, Madeline Scott makes a deal with Bellows, giving him ammunition against his political opponent.opponent in exchange for Falcone getting busted.]]
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* HollywoodLaw: In "A [=CinderHella=] Story" after Violet records [[spoiler:Adele and Kaufman]] talking of how they got the former off, she says they can't use it because of attorney-client privilege. However, that only applies to communications between attorneys and clients, but the pair agree with her even so. She is not a lawyer in any case, so the evidence could be delivered to the police regardless. However, eavesdropping like she did is illegal under Illinois law, so there could be some repercussions for it. Bellows likely would be happy to get it though and decline to prosecute (Violet could be sued for this however).
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* HollywoodLaw: In "A [=CinderHella=] Story" after Violet records [[spoiler:Adele and Kaufman]] talking of how they got the former off, she says they can't use it because of attorney-client privilege. However, that only applies to communications between attorneys and clients, but the pair agree with her even so. She is not a lawyer in any case, so the evidence could be delivered to the police regardless. However, eavesdropping like she did is illegal under Illinois law, so there could be some repercussions for it. Bellows likely would be happy to get it though and decline to prosecute (Violet could be sued for this, however.)
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Violet's badgering Madeline about her love life becomes thishowever).when it's revealed that [[spoiler:Madeline is still not over her relationship with her girlfriend, who is still in prison.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Violet's badgering Madeline about her love life becomes this
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The ending of "A CinderHella Story" as [[spoiler: the gang realize Adele and Kaufman played them by setting up a serial killer as the supposed murderer of Adele's mother and the team freed her. Worse is that the team know they have to keep it quiet, first because they say it violates lawyer/client confidentiality to reveal it. More importantly, nothing will destroy the reputation of an "innocence project" more than revealing they did get a guilty person out of jail. Thus, the team is forced to learn from their mistake of letting a twisted killer go free.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The ending of "A CinderHella [=CinderHella=] Story" as [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the gang realize Adele and Kaufman played them by setting up a serial killer as the supposed murderer of Adele's mother and the team freed her. Worse is that the team know they have to keep it quiet, first because they say it violates lawyer/client confidentiality to reveal it. More importantly, nothing will destroy the reputation of an "innocence project" more than revealing they did get a guilty person out of jail. Thus, the team is forced to learn from their mistake of letting a twisted killer go free.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bellows appears to have a wandering eye, as he enthusiastically takes Isabel Sanchez under his wing and openly flirts with Susan Alders (it's implied they have sex in "The Shame Game").
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bellows appears to have a wandering eye, as he enthusiastically takes Isabel Sanchez under his wing and openly flirts with Susan Alders (it's (and it's implied they have sex in "The Shame Game").
