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- For a while “Conviction,” based on the true story of a New England woman’s long struggle to win freedom for her imprisoned brother, feels as if it just might escape the stifling conventions of the crusader-for-justice melodrama.
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Oct 15, 2010 · Now the real life drama is hitting the big screen in the movie "Conviction." Tragically, in 2001, 47-year-old Kenny died after a freak fall, just six months after his release.
Oct 14, 2010 · When her brother Kenny was sentenced to life without parole for the 1983 murder of Katharina Brow, Betty Anne Waters was a single mother of two, living hand-to-mouth as a part-time bar waitress.
Watch a 3-minute video on the story behind Conviction, featuring Betty Anne Waters, Kenneth Waters, and Innocence Project Co-founder Barry Scheck. In 1983, Kenneth Waters was wrongly convicted of a murder in Massachusetts. He was later exonerated in 2001.
The tale is set against the backdrop of Kenny’s wrongful conviction for the 1986 murder of Katharina Brow in Massachusetts, a crime he didn’t commit.
The evidence presented at Kenny's trial is entirely circumstantial, but he is convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The three main witnesses against him are Sergeant Taylor, his ex-wife Brenda, and ex-girlfriend Roseanna.
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Oct 12, 2010 · Betty Anne Waters, a server who went to law school to free her brother from prison, is the subject of “Conviction,” starring Hilary Swank.
Nov 16, 2010 · Betty Anne Waters, the real-life hero behind the film “Conviction” says in a new Innocence Project video that she isn’t done fighting injustice.
