ABC to get in on this “angry justice” trend, pick up show about the wrongly accused
Having watched from the sidelines as programs like Serial and Making A Murderer ignited a ratings-summoning, TV-and-iPod-shaped passion for easily digestible justice in the American heart, ABC has announced that it’s developing its own show about the troubles and travails of the possibly wrongly accused. Conviction—which comes from Quantico production company Mark Gordon Co. and Jessica Jones producer Liz Friedman—will center on a spoiled socialite, forced to help convicted criminals plead their case for a second shot at justice.