Robert Jones: Free at last?

The Documentary: Archive 2015 by BBC

Dec 10, 201526:58Society & Culture

Aleem Maqbool investigates New Orleans’ justice system to find out how Robert Jones spent 23 years in jail for crimes another man had already been convicted of.

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