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| LAST DEFENSE, THE (ABC)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
6/12/18
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7/24/18
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2017-2018 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
1 (7 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled |
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, April 2018) Executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon have teamed up with XCON Productions and Lincoln Square Productions for the powerful, new documentary series, "The Last Defense," premiering TUESDAY, JUNE 12 (10:00 - 11:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. The seven-episode docu-series explores and exposes flaws in the American justice system through emotional, in-depth examinations of the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. The series will seek to trace the path that led both Routier and Jones to their places on death row, while taking a deep look into their personal stories. In 1997, Darlie Routier, wife and mother, was sentenced to death for the brutal stabbing murder of her two young sons, a crime she insists she did not commit. Now 20 years on death row in Texas, the contentious debate over the fairness of her trial is more polarized than ever. In 2001, Julius Jones, a 21-year-old African-American college student with an academic scholarship, was sentenced to death for the carjacking murder of a white father of two, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Twenty years later and having exhausted his appeals, Jones maintains his innocence. |
CREW INFORMATION:
· Aida Leisenring as EP
· Andrew Wang as EP
· Christine Connor as EP
· Julius Tennon as EP
· Lee Beckett as EP
· Morgan Hertzan as EP
· Vanessa Potkin as EP
· Viola Davis as EP
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GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· JuVee Productions
· Lincoln Square Productions
· XCON Productions
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