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Colorado’s Innocence Project Finds Support Through Netflix Show

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9min 20sec

If someone's in prison for a crime they didn't commit, what does it take to get them out? It might take a TV show. "When They See Us," on Netflix, is the story of the Central Park jogger case. Five black children, convicted of rape, were eventually exonerated. The show has brought new energy, and money, to a campaign in Colorado focused on overturning wrongful convictions.