Exposing Injustice

Lawyer Turns Documentary Filmmaker to Champion Rights of the Wrongly Accused

It was the kind of moment every aspiring filmmaker dreams about. The houselights go up, there�s a second of silence, then applause rips through the theater as hundreds of audience members�tears still streaming down their faces�rise from their seats in a standing ovation.

For New York City lawyer Marc Simon, that moment happened not just once but over and over as After Innocence, the documentary he filmed, co-wrote and co-produced, was shown in January at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The movie profiles a number of people who were exonerated of crimes through DNA testing that didn�t exist at the time of their convictions, focusing on the problems they faced acclimating to post-prison life.

Details here from Elizabeth Millard of the ABA Journal.