Kalief browder

Browder was arrested in 2010 after he was accused of stealing a man's backpack, and spent three years waiting for a trial to prove his innocence.

The series concerns a young man who was unwaveringly committed to his innocence, even when defending it meant more time behind bars.

Kalief Browder had waited three years on Rikers for a trial.

The program would help 3,400 non-violent pretrial defendants.

Kalief Browder hung himself with an air conditioner cord at his Bronx home.

Overwhelmed Correction Officers fail to stop a brutal beating.

He was finally released in May 2013, after the Bronx District Attorney's office dismissed his case due to lack of evidence.