Episode 3 The story of Samuel Haper

This is Samuel Harper's story. He has more than twenty years in a Pennsylvania prison after being charged and convicted for the death of his then wife, who was a Philadelphia police officer. This was a time when the Philedelphia streets were governed by corruption. Convictions were a means to generate profit and notoriety. It was only recently that this corruption began to be suppressed. Officers had been exposed and arrested on a regular basis. We learned that the court had a list of these rogue cops called the "do not call," to testify, because they had a reputation for beating people into confessing and mishandling evidence. Several victims of this judicial corruption had recently been released from prison after serving decades for crimes they did not commit. Many were young men or women at the time the cops beat them into confessing to a murder that they had nothing to do with. Charges were misapplied and evidence went missing in many cases during this time period. And there are still many of these innocent men and women left in prison without a voice or platform. This is Sam's voice, and we have an opportunity to bring him home