Since 1987, POV, a social issue documentary series on PBS, has broadcasted at least 14 documentaries between the months of June and October. On July 27th, 2010, they will be airing Presumed Guilty by Roberto Hernandez and Geoffrey Smith. A synopsis of the film can be found below:
Imagine being picked up off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and then finding yourself sentenced to 20 years in jail. In December 2005 this happened to Toño Zúñiga in Mexico City and, like thousands of other innocent people, he was wrongfully imprisoned. The award-winning Presumed Guilty is the story of two young lawyers and their struggle to free Zúñiga. With no background in film, Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete set about recording the injustices they were witnessing, enlisting acclaimed director Geoffrey Smith (The English Surgeon, POV 2009) to tell this dramatic story.
More information, including a trailer for the documentary, can be found here: http://www.pbs.org/pov/presumedguilty/
