Exonerated of rape charges in May 2000, Neil Miller was released after serving ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit. (PBS Frontline)
Frontline's "Burden of Innocence" Story aired: Thursday, May 01, 2003
Imagine being convicted of a crime you didn't commit, and then being imprisoned for years among men who did rape or murder. Plunged into a living hell, and then, imagine being freed.
In recent years, you may have seen or read about tearful, joyous reunions with the families of the wrongly convicted, freed by the new sophistication of DNA evidence.
It would seem that life after such a nightmare would be like a happy dream.
It is far from that simple. The complexity of freedom for the wrongly convicted is the subject of a powerful new Frontline documentary "Burden of Innocence," which is scheduled to air tonight on PBS stations around the country.
Filmmaker Ofra Bikel joins us on the line from New York City to talk about the documentary.
