Jack Laurence

You know you're innocent.

You know it with every fiber of your being.

But the people with the power, the ones with the uniforms, the badges, and more importantly, the keys, well, they're telling you something different.

They're saying you're guilty and there is nothing you can do about it.

You can't scream your way out of it.

You can't fight.

You can't lash out because all of that will just make it worse.

All of that just confirms what these people already believe about you.

I deal with these stories constantly on my other show, One Minute Remaining.

The anguish of innocent people trapped in the American justice system, desperately trying to prove what they know to be true while battling against the legal maze so complex it feels like another language completely.

The frustration, the helplessness, the slow psychological torture of being powerless against a system that was supposed to protect you.

But now imagine something even more terrifying.

Imagine it literally is another language.

Another culture.

Another country.

Thousands of miles from home.

From anyone who knows you.

Anyone who can help.

And you're told you'll be spending not months, but years in prison.

In conditions you can't fathom.