Name: The System with Joe Berlinger
Released: 2014-05-18
Cast: Joe Berlinger

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Seasons

8. 8. Prosecutorial Misconduct

July 6, 2014

The ongoing efforts of parolee Derrick Hamilton to clear his name after twenty years for a murder conviction fraught with alleged police and prosecutorial misconduct.

7. 7. Geography of Punishment

June 29, 2014

The System goes inside "proactive policing" to investigate whether drug-free zones and stop-and-frisk policies serve justice or violate civil rights while clogging prisons.

6. 6. Juvenile Justice

June 22, 2014

In this episode, we will explore how America deals out justice to minors. We will focus on two compelling individual cases in Michigan, which has become a battleground and microcosm for the various opinions on this contentious issue in the wake of the Miller ruling.

5. 5. Parole: High Risks, High Rewards

June 15, 2014

The System examines high-stakes, controversial cases decided by parole boards as questions arise about how effective these gatekeepers of justice are at identifying low-risk prisoners for release while keeping dangerous criminals behind bars.

4. 4. Eyewitness Identification

June 8, 2014

With new evidence casting doubt on the accuracy of eyewitness identification, The System profiles two cases of capital murder convictions based solely on discredited witness procedures. Mistaken identity or justice served?

3. 3. Flawed Forensics

June 1, 2014

Decades after a scandal at the FBI crime lab over flawed forensics, the fate of a man on Death Row remains entangled in the justice system's improper hair analysis.

2. 2. Mandatory Sentencing

May 25, 2014

Acclaimed documentarian Joe Berlinger takes a hard look at the devastating effects of mandatory sentencing on two families. A father in Florida fires a warning shot and gets sentenced to 20 years in prison, while a murdered honor student might be alive today if Chicago had mandatory minimum gun laws.

1. 1. False Confessions

May 18, 2014

Who confesses to a murder they didn't commit? Joe Berlinger investigates whether police coerced false confessions from a teenage girl accused of stabbing and genitally mutilating a homeless man and a boy accused of raping and killing his classmate.

Description

In this groundbreaking new series airing on Al Jazeera America, The System with Joe Berlinger, award-winning documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger explores the state of our justice system. Berlinger personally guides us through a suspenseful journey as he doggedly searches for the truth where others have not found it or didn