Den stenrige finansmand James Kong lever i sus og dus, indtil den dag han anklages for bedrageri. Udsigten til et langt ophold i San Quentin får James til at gå i panik. Han griber fat i den første, den bedste afroamerikaner, han ser, og stikker ham en mindre formue for at få tips til, hvordan man overlever fængslet. Den ydmyge iværksætter Darnell har dog aldrig siddet inde, men går med på fidusen.
Advokaten Peter Sanderson lever et stilfærdigt liv, men har svært ved at finde melodien som alenefar efter sin skilsmisse. Via nettet møder han Lawyer-Girl, og da de mødes, viser hun sig at være en sort kvinde ved navn Charlene, der er på flugt efter at være dømt for væbnet røveri. Det var unægtelig ikke hvad Peter havde drømt om, men Charlene er ikke en kvinde man siger nej til.
Uden at vide det er den dødsdømte Kabel blevet en af jordens største stjerner. Hver uge sidder millioner klistret til skærmen, når Kabel og hundredvis af andre fanger kæmper på liv og død i det hybervoldelige spil Slayers. Men Kabel er selvsagt ikke særlig tilfreds med sin rolle i spillet, og det beslutter han at gøre noget ved.
Dennis Nash bliver sat på gaden af ejendomsspekulanten Rick Carver. Nash forlader sit barndomshjem og flytter sin mor og 9-årige søn til et tarveligt motel. I et desperat forsøg på at få sit hus tilbage slår Nash en handel af med Carver og begynder at arbejde for ham. Men kan hans samvittighed bære denne pagt med djævelen, eller skal Nash gøre oprør mod Carver og det korrupte ejendomsmarked?
Joan (Sylvia Sidney) er forelsket i den småkriminelle Eddie (Henry Fonda), der sidder i fængsel. Med hjælp fra hendes ven og forsvarer Stephen formår hun at få ham ud af fængslet før tid, og de to gifter sig straks. Eddie gør alt for at holde sig på den lovlydige side og får hurtigt et job som lastbilchauffør. Men det er ikke nemt at være eksfange, og allerede første dag bliver han helt urimeligt fyret. Mens han prøver at finde et andet job, er der et røveri i en bank, og Eddie bliver anklaget i sagen. I hans forsøg på flugt eskalerer tingene, og Eddie kommer i en situation, der er svær at redde sig ud af.
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy.
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
Wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Minnesota Clay seeks revenge on the man who withheld evidence at his trial. There is a problem however, he is going blind.
Framed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries to adjust to her life life behind bars in a hellish womens prison where she is befriended by other "lifer" inmates who help her out when Aggie finds herself marked for murder by an unknown source who thinks she knows more about the murder than she does.
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
A man is wrongly jailed for murder while the real killer roams free. The murderer is an intellectual frustrated with his country’s never-ending cycle of betrayal and apathy. The convict is a simple man who finds life in prison more tolerable, when something mysterious and strange starts happening to him.
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman's struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it--and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight.
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.