Ryan Ferguson, then 20, was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in jail in 2005 for committing a crime he did not commit. The narrative of his father Bill's ten-year struggle to prove Ryan's innocence is told in dream/killer. The picture is brimming with extraordinary characters. From the dubious District Attorney Kevin Crane to the befuddled witness Chuck Erickson to the powerful Chicago attorney Kathleen Zellner, the documentary reveals both a severely defective judicial system and one that can function beautifully.
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Ryan Ferguson, then 20, was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in jail in 2005 for committing a crime he did not commit. The narrative of his father Bill's ten-year struggle to prove Ryan's innocence is told in dream/killer. The picture is brimming with extraordinary characters. From the dubious District Attorney Kevin Crane to the befuddled witness Chuck Erickson to the powerful Chicago attorney Kathleen Zellner, the documentary reveals both a severely defective judicial system and one that can function beautifully.
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