The Exonerated

Synopsis

Imagine everything you did between the years of 1994 - 2010. Now remove all of it. 16 years were taken away from Sunny Jacobs, convicted and sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit. Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files, and the public record, The Exonerated tells the true stories of six people sent to Death Row for crimes they did not commit, the interweaving stories paint a picture of an American criminal justice system gone horribly wrong and of six brave souls who persevered to survive it.

Our Review:

7 March 2011

The Exonerated relays the true stories of six wrongly accused individuals sent to Death Row through dialogue excerpted from letters, interviews, case files and the public record. The protagonists’ accounts intermingle throughout to expose not only some horrific events and unthinkable treatment born from being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but a collective, indomitable human spirit which is to conquer the corrupt American justice system as truth is finally revealed. 

Although there is absolutely no interaction between the characters, this distinguished and accomplished cast achieves the perfect balance. With the exception of Derek Griffiths’ Delbert, whose enlightened interjections as he moves deftly and purposefully about the stage cast him in the role of detached onlooker, the characters are mostly motionless. Yet Jaclyn McLoughlin’s clever direction ensures the feeling is always one of eerie unity; even without touching or speaking...

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Latest User Review

TobiasKS - 12 March 2011:

Go and see it, I enjoyed, I was moved, I was entertained. simple as that. I can't believe this one could potentially slip us all by.....

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