—"Accused: Guilty or Innocent?" is an intimate account of what happens when someone is formally charged with a crime and sent to trial as told by the perspective of the accused, their legal team and their family members. Each episode follows the person's journey through the planning of their legal defense, the trial, and in the end, the trial. With the evidence piling up, these emotional stores give a firsthand look at what it is like when freedom is on the line. The dramatic inside stories, as they unfold, of people facing trial for serious crimes they were alleged to have committed.

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A boyfriend comes to the aid of his partner who he claims was being physically attacked by their female neighbor; after breaking up the fight, he's shocked when the next day he's arrested, following the female neighbor's allegation that he violently assaulted her; now facing 25 years in prison, it's the boyfriend's word against his neighbor's; who will the Jury believe?

Season 89 of 9 Episodes

A boyfriend comes to the aid of his partner who he claims was being physically attacked by their female neighbor; after breaking up the fight, he's shocked when the next day he's arrested, following the female neighbor's allegation that he violently assaulted her; now facing 25 years in prison, it's the boyfriend's word against his neighbor's; who will the Jury believe?
When an explosion burns a real estate broker's property to the ground, a seeming accident turns to tragedy when the broker learns his stepson died in the fire; four years later, new evidence emerges, and the stepfather is arrested and accused of burning the house down to claim the insurance.
A drive home ends in tragedy when a handyman travelling over the speed limit, crashes into a turning vehicle, killing the other driver; the Defense will try to convince the Jury that speed was not the only factor; was the driver reckless or was this a tragic accident?
A pregnant mother gets into an altercation with her boyfriend's ex; when the mother is maced, she grabs her gun and shoots, fatally wounding the ex-girlfriend; is it a reckless killing or a woman defending herself and her unborn twins?
Following a drunken altercation outside a Long Island Nightclub, a mystery gunman fires several shots injuring a club doorman; the whole incident is captured on CCTV and the next day the accused is arrested and charged with Assault in the First-Degree; the Defense argues the footage is inconclusive; is the accused a victim of mistaken identity, or is he guilty as charged?
On a regular Saturday morning drive, a father of two becomes involved in an altercation at an intersection; believing his life is threatened, he shoots and kills the other motorist; the Prosecution says the deceased posed no physical threat; was the accused justified in his actions, or is he guilty of "bringing a gun to a fistfight"? In a legal first, an AI-generated version of the victim speaks in court.
In Pennsylvania's Mennonite community a father takes his young daughter out on the farm for the tobacco harvest; tragically she falls to her death under the wheel of a horse-drawn wagon; is the father following centuries of family tradition or is he guilty of the neglect and death of his child?
When a young man is found stabbed to death, police follow a trail of blood to a trailer; a shocking tale emerges of a robbery honeytrap gone wrong; as a teenage boy faces a Capital Murder charge, his Defense team claims he is being set up by a group of friends; who will the jury believe?
When a young man is found stabbed to death, police follow a trail of blood to a trailer; a shocking tale emerges of a robbery honeytrap gone wrong; as a teenage boy faces a Capital Murder charge, his Defense team claims he is being set up by a group of friends; who will the jury believe?

"Accused: Guilty or Innocent?" is an intimate account of what happens when someone is formally charged with a crime and sent to trial as told by the perspective of the accused, their legal team and their family members. Each episode follows the person's journey through the planning of their legal defense, the trial, and in the end, the trial. With the evidence piling up, these emotional stores give a firsthand look at what it is like when freedom is on the line. The dramatic inside stories, as they unfold, of people facing trial for serious crimes they were alleged to have committed.

When an explosion burns a real estate broker's property to the ground, a seeming accident turns to tragedy when the broker learns his stepson died in the fire; four years later, new evidence emerges, and the stepfather is arrested and accused of burning the house down to claim the insurance.
A drive home ends in tragedy when a handyman travelling over the speed limit, crashes into a turning vehicle, killing the other driver; the Defense will try to convince the Jury that speed was not the only factor; was the driver reckless or was this a tragic accident?
A pregnant mother gets into an altercation with her boyfriend's ex; when the mother is maced, she grabs her gun and shoots, fatally wounding the ex-girlfriend; is it a reckless killing or a woman defending herself and her unborn twins?
Following a drunken altercation outside a Long Island Nightclub, a mystery gunman fires several shots injuring a club doorman; the whole incident is captured on CCTV and the next day the accused is arrested and charged with Assault in the First-Degree; the Defense argues the footage is inconclusive; is the accused a victim of mistaken identity, or is he guilty as charged?

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