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All available guards to Block B.

Thanks.

Computers is prohibited.

I'll give it back to you when you get out.

...requested at the top of the watchtower.

M�lanie, I'll be escorting you today.

I'm bringing a visitor to the max block.

We're going to the maximum-security wing.

These are dangerous guys.

They're intimidating.

Stay close to me and everything will be fine.

Do you know the prisoner

you're meeting?

Section 696.1 of the Criminal Code

provides a last resort for victims of miscarriages of justice.

To be admissible, a case must contain

major new evidence.

In Quebec, criminal lawyers

and law students assist, on a pro bono basis,

prisoners in this difficult process.

Their work is unrecognized

and, more often than not, unsuccessful.

But for some, abandoned by the system,

they represent a last hope for justice.

They are the Innocence Project.

INNOCENCE PROJECT

You know, your meeting places

feel a bit fanatical.

I am a fanatic.

Are you surprised?

That's why I wanted to see you.

If people found out I was helping an old friend,

the bandits' lawyer, to get guys out of jail,

it wouldn't be good for my career.

You're semi-retired.

You work in the archives.

You don't really have a career anymore.

Screw you.

I need you to look into this case.

Are you sure you want to go there?

I sent an intern to do the preliminary meeting.

You sent an intern to Valcourt by herself?

Yes.

To meet with a killer?

Keep moving!

Pretty little blonde thing.

If there was a miscarriage of justice,

he could be no more of a killer than we are.

That's different, Armand.

He's not a choirboy. He's a pimp.

And you sent a single female intern.

In 2024,

you can no longer discriminate on the basis of gender.

Aren't you afraid she'll run away?

I don't think so.

She's top of her class,

Luc Launiere's daughter.

I see. The honorable Luc Launiere.

Your favorite.

Don't get me going.

Judge Launiere in green stockings.

There's a panic button right here, under the table.

We'll be in the next room.

We can intervene in less than six seconds.

Good luck.

Tell me what you know.

Nothing you don't already know.

The guy in this picture is Anderson Jean-Louis.

He was convicted in 2011 of killing his girlfriend.

I forgot the victim's name.

People usually do.

Vickie Tremblay.

Right, Vickie Tremblay,

a girl from Saint-Michel.

She was a dancer and probably an escort

for a street gang.

Shit!

Grandma, your cigarette.

I told you not to wait for me.

I can't go to bed

until you get home.

I just went for fries with the girls.

Yeah.

Who eats French fries for four hours?

Let's get you all cozy.

I already told you, Grandma, don't worry.

I'm careful.

Are you sure about that?

Good night. I love you.

She was on her way out,

but the gang didn't like it.

One evening, she got into Anderson Jean-Louis' car,

and her body was found

the next day on a wasteland.

She wasn't a pretty sight.

Shot twice in the head.

Hello, Anderson.

I'm Stella Launiere from the Innocence Project.

We might need backup over here.

OK. I'm here to validate

whether or not your case is eligible.

"Eligible?" I don't understand.

Bruno filled in my forms.

I am eligible. There's new evidence.

Bruno Godin, your high school teacher

who always believed you were innocent, right?

Right.

Can I record the conversation?

Do you know how things work?

I don't have time to waste with beginners.

My tape recorder might be older than I am,

but I'm top of my class.

I was born

in criminal law.

A Smurfette who thinks she's Obelix.

That's a first.

Mr. Coupal was unable to come.

He chose me from among his students.

Given the situation, you don't have the luxury of being picky.

Are we on the same page?

You need to tell me something.

Do I have a real chance of being accepted?

You're among the finalists.

What I need to know now

is whether he killed her.

Come on!

Are you running a fever, Coupal?

You usually want

to know if the accused received a fair trial.

Yes, but this case is outside my private practice.

It involves students.

Did he kill her?

Did he kill her?

He was her pimp.

Even if he didn't kill her,

he knows who did.

He never admitted he did.

He's either protecting someone,

or he's afraid for himself.

Those damn street gangs!

If he's not willing to change his mind,

he'll waste your time.

OK.

Do you acknowledge being part

of the Papa Ga�ons street gang?

I have no choice to now.

I'd be dead in jail if I wasn't a Ga�on.

But back in 2010, I was just

X-Ray Mathieu's friend.

X-Ray.

Is that Raynald Mathieu,

the man the SPM identified

as the leader of the Papa Ga�ons from 2005 to 2019?

Good luck proving it, but yes.

X-Ray is my buddy.

He's the big brother I never had,

you know what I mean?

The prosecutor made me look like

Mom Boucher at the trial.

Anyone at the SPM

would tell you that was bullshit.

You're referring to Mrs. Lebouf, the Crown prosecutor

during your trial?

All their accusations

were based on my being in a gang.

They had no proof of that

besides me being Black and living in Saint-Michel.

For them, it's the same thing.

What about Vickie Tremblay?

Who was she to you?

No one has ever asked me that question.

Do you think it's worth a shot?

This is the first time I've been a guest teacher at a university.

I don't want to give my students a case they can't win.

It's worth a shot.

It's worth a shot.

Street gangs were very active

in the late 2000s.

It was war between the biker factions.

They were shooting at each other in the street.

Taxpayers were freaking out.

People were afraid to go outside.

The mayor called the SPM chief every day.

-They needed a scapegoat. -Yes.

At the same time,

they didn't find Anderson in the Yellow Pages.

Know what I mean?

But they didn't second-guess themselves

after they arrested him.

A case of tunnel vision.

Textbook.

Vickie was my ex.

We couldn't let go of each other.

She was my queen.

We had our problems,

but there was something strong between us,

a connection that can't be explained.

When I went to prison,

I was barely 25.

Vickie was the woman of my life.

If I don't get out of here,

I'll do the time

the guy who killed her should've done.

I didn't kill her.

So?

Shall we go fishing?

Yes, but...

aren't you worried this case will cause problems?

What do you mean?

Street gangs, racial profiling,

sex workers, violence against women...

The dean personally asked me

to take over the Innocence Project.

If she had wanted to avoid problems,

she would've asked someone else.

Yeah.

How did it go?

Fine.

I won't get my hopes up.

It's better to have ten people who are guilty running free

than one innocent person in prison.

I hope this isn't news for you.

Some people think that being a criminal lawyer

is a nasty job.

It's my job.

But I've always made sure

I don't let what people think get to me.

I advise you to do the same. Otherwise, you'll find it tough.

Some criminal lawyers are moralizers

who say we shouldn't judge our clients,

that if you look hard enough,

you always end up seeing

the good in people,

buried under layers of...

That's bullshit.

You're going to see your share

of fucked-up people in your career.

But...

always remember

that we don't defend crimes

but the presumption of innocence.

The right to a full and complete defense.

That's what makes our society a state governed by the rule of law

and what distinguishes us from a police state,

as required by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

-Article number? -Seven.

Seven. Good job.

If criminal law isn't for you,

we're in a university.

Just walk through this door

and go to a teacher

who's going to teach you

business law

where you'll learn to work hard

all your lives

tinkering with contract sub-clauses

to help companies screw people over.

Or maybe family law.

You'll learn to charge the big bucks

to people who become ex-spouses,

and you'll tell yourself you helped them

break their family into a million pieces.

You'll drive big cars,

sleep like babies,

with deep pockets and a full wallet.

Honestly, I prefer my freaks

and my article...

Seven.

Thank you.

This year, the fate of someone who claims to be innocent

will be in your hands.

You probably won't be able to do anything for him,

because the system...

Oh, boy...

The system is like your ex,

it never wants to admit its mistakes.

So...

that's it.

It's happening over there or in here?

Think about it.

If it's your vocation to be a criminal lawyer,

you're in the right place.

Allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Armand Coupal.

Do not call me Mr. Coupal.

Watch your French with me.

Welcome to the Innocence Project.

Apparently, you've been getting a lot of visitors lately?

Apparently so.

Did your mother remember she had a son?

Or did you find a girl to fuck in the trailer?

No?

New lawyers?

What is it?

You don't like it here anymore?

I love you guys.

I really do,

but I wouldn't mind a change of scenery.

You understand?

A change of scenery?

Is that why you're talking to the cops?

Careful where you're going with this.

The last person who called me a snitch regretted it.

So now get the fuck out of my face.

Easy.

Relax.

Among the finalists

from which we will select a candidate

for the Innocence Project,

there is Jason Lavoie-Roberge,

Monique Fortin and Anderson Jean-Louis.

This is the case I'm going to ask you to study

in more detail this week.

Miss Launiere,

could you tell us who Mr. Jean-Louis is

and why we're interested in his case?

Yes.

Mr. Anderson Jean-Louis was sentenced

to 25 years in prison in April of 2011

for the first-degree murder of Vickie Tremblay,

after a trial by judge and jury.

His lawyer's arguments

during appeals

were based on the circumstantial nature

of the evidence,

meaning the dubious strategies employed by Prosecutor Lebouf

and the manner in which Judge Gallant

erred in his instructions to the jury.

The Quebec Court of Appeal has recognized these aspects

and asked for a new trial.

The Supreme Court disagreed.

They restored the verdict.

Thank you.

However, as the preliminary report

written by Stella indicates, who met our subject,

thank you for that,

I quote:

"We have every reason to believe

"that neither the Vickie Tremblay murder investigation

"nor the trial of the accused

"would have happened in the same way

"if Anderson Jean-Louis had been White."

Is there something wrong, Miss...

B�n�dicte Lebon.

Why do you mention

racial profiling in the case

when it was well known

that he was a Papa Ga�on?

Indeed, during the trial, it was alleged

that he was a member of a street gang.

No, it's an established fact.

Anderson Jean-Louis was the friend of X-Ray Mathieu,

the former head of the Papa Ga�ons.

You should know.

I thought people like you hated

that we think all teenagers in Saint-Michel

are part of a street gang.

People like me?

No, your generation.

These questions

will be discussed at length

if we take Anderson Jean-Louis' case.

At that point, we'll see

if it's worth digging deeper.

Aren't you supposed to announce

who the student supervisor is on the case?

I am.

You are, B�n�dicte.

Sir!

Why can't I be the student supervisor?

I've already met with Anderson.

You're going to oversee the case with me

if we choose him,

which is likely to be the case.

Miss Lebon will supervise.

What's the difference between overseeing and supervising?

It's a tricky case.

The dean and I decided

that we had to choose a student leader

from cultural minorities.

Was everything already decided with the dean?

You chose B�n� because she's Black?

Yes.

Why did you make me do the preliminary meeting?

It's very rare for students

to be allowed to have contact with prisoners.

The real reason.

You know Anderson's case.

He sabotaged all his appeals

because he refuses to involve his entourage.

I needed to know if he was ready to collaborate,

or if he still thought he could get away with playing the victim.

You used me...

To assess his sincerity.

No, as bait.

It's not the word I would've chosen, but...

OK, but what do you think of my report?

Did you listen to the recording?

No, I haven't had time yet.

I'll get back to you.

Are you aware

of the new cases we're considering?

Mr. Coupal has my full confidence.

I get involved as little as possible.

Are you still in charge of donations

and project management?

Absolutely.

But the Innocence Project remains independent

from university management.

It is directed

by the visiting professor to whom it is entrusted.

Mr. Coupal plans to defend a case

that runs profoundly counter

to the mission of the Innocence Project,

that of Anderson Jean-Louis.

As far as I know, Anderson Jean-Louis

is a young man from the Haitian community

who was hastily sentenced

in a context of racial tensions.

That's what the Innocence Project is about,

is it not?

People like him are a disgrace to my community.

It would be a disgrace at a university

committed to combating sexual violence.

I hear you, Miss Lebon,

but that's not my decision to make,

even less yours.

Do you know what gangs do

to the girls they put on the street?

They break them, ma'am,

like you'd break a horse.

First with love,

then with drugs,

then with blows

until they think it's normal

to have sex with 12 guys a day

or 12 guys at the same time.

As far as I know,

Anderson Jean-Louis wasn't arrested or tried

for pimping.

Everyone knows he's a pimp.

What message do you want

to send to the victims?

I was under the impression

that Mr. Coupal wanted to address this case

through police work.

Like any good criminal lawyer,

Mr. Coupal gets up at night to hate SPM.

Now he wants to call them racists

with my pretty little Black face smiling beside him.

You're quick to judge, B�n�dicte.

Have you ever lost someone very close to you?

Yes.

No, you don't understand.

Someone you really

loved.

Yes,

I've already lost someone I loved.

I can tell.

It's in your eyes.

A part of you dies at the same time.

It grabs you by the gut.

You never heal from it.

It's as if they

took a piece of you to their grave.

Fuck.

His watch and socks were stolen

last week.

Before that, it was his pajamas.

I wish it'd stop.

Your father is so elegant.

It makes people jealous.

Right, Mr. Launiere?

Yes, Delphine.

Bruno Godin just dropped this off for you.

-Did he leave? -Yes.

Stella?

Dad?

Are you OK? Are you hungry?

Would you like a snack?

Is your mother ready?

We need to go to the cottage.

We invited Judge Levasseur and his wife.

-We don't want to arrive after them. -We don't have a cottage anymore.

You sold it when you divorced.

Do you remember?

If I don't get out of here,

I'll do the time

the guy who killed her should've done.

I didn't kill her.

Mrs. Dean,

what can I do for you?

Keep your accent sharp for your students.

In the meantime, I'd like

to watch something together.

It's Bruno Godin, Anderson's former teacher.

He's the one who submitted his case to the Innocence Project.

He just dropped this off.

Will you tell me

why this case is so important to you?

Because of my instinct.

OK, I have my reasons.

Play it.

What do you think?

This is big.

We'll catch the thief.

I'll keep my eyes open.

It's OK, I installed a...

I mean, yes,

thank you.

Have a good night.

You, too.

FROM MOM: BIG CLIENT, URGENT.

HOPE YOU DIDN'T WAIT FOR ME. SORRY!

Of course.

I think I know why

Anderson decided to file

for the Innocence Project after 13 years.

Things are going badly for our friends in the north of the island.

The street gangs are getting picked off

by the Latinos.

Why should I care?

Because the Papa Ga�ons

are the last gang they have left to wipe out.

The plot thickens.

Exactly.

There's a contract on the head of the boss of the Ga�ons.

A hothead, an unpredictable guy.

Allegedly.

Is that X-Ray Mathieu, Anderson's friend?

No, that's Greg.

He's X-Ray's cousin.

He's the boss of the Papa Ga�ons.

The thing with Greg is...

Hey, Greg!

...he doesn't get along with the Latinos.

The Papa Ga�ons will be a thing of the past.

OK.

So Anderson is protected in prison

as long as the balance on the outside is respected

and his gang has power.

-But now... -Yeah.

I think he's walking on eggshells.

That's the news.

After I talked to you,

I remembered that two of my former investigators

had met with Vickie Tremblay a few days before the murder.

They were on the case after the murder, too.

You just happened to remember that, huh?

I've always thought twice before getting involved

in cases I can't control.

OK?

Did one of these investigators testify at the trial?

Yes, but I liked the other better.

She still works at the SPM.

I'll go pay her a visit.

It was fun.

Yeah.

-Wanna stay in touch? -Absolutely.

What are you doing here?

Did I interrupt anything?

No. Mathis, this is my mother.

-Mom, this is... -Mathias.

Yeah.

-Hi. -Hi.

Ciao.

-Bye. -Bye.

Do you have any good references?

I'll just ignore your question.

What?

He's a doctoral student in cell biology.

At least he showed up.

He didn't stand me up.

You're using your apps again?

My assistant is, too, and it makes her unhappy.

It's not for emotional addicts.

Our appointment wasn't this morning.

How was your dad?

I'm sorry, I had an emergency.

You always do.

It's not my fault.

I don't know when men will understand

that dirty text messages with their mistresses

is always how they'll get caught.

Since the invention of the iPhone, my client base has doubled.

I can't count the number of grieving wives

showing up to my office.

I hope you tell them it's for the best.

A guy too gross to cheat on his wife

and not smart enough to hide it

is a big loser.

Good riddance. Poor women.

I've been handling divorces for 28 years.

They never look like that.

In any case,

good news,

I found a broker to sell the house.

Mom!

No, Stella, we've already talked about that.

It was supposed to be temporary.

Your dad's been in there for two years now.

He's not coming back.

Now's the time to sell. The market is good.

Is she still mad at me

because she doesn't agree with my idea of racial profiling

in Anderson Jean-Louis' case?

I'm like Switzerland. I'm staying out of it.

Just because a Black man is arrested

doesn't mean it's racial profiling.

It's dangerous and trivializes

what happens to real victims of racial profiling.

It's not just that. Anderson told me.

He wasn't part of the gang.

He was friends with their boss.

Hello! Anderson Jean-Louis is a pimp.

Wake up.

Do you think you're the first girl

he has manipulated?

Do you?

Get out of my face.

I have to go.

Don't hold me back.

Sorry, but I find you

so naive. It's shocking.

We should pick

another case.

It's not up to us.

I have a strategy.

What is it?

For the Innocence Project to accept a case

and decide to present it

to the Conviction Review Group, the GRCC,

we can't just repeat the arguments

the lawyers already presented to the Quebec Court of Appeal

and to the Supreme Court of Canada.

What do we need?

What do you think?

New evidence which,

had it been revealed

at the trial, could've raised a reasonable doubt

and influenced the verdict.

Exactly. Very good.

Who are you?

-Alexis Gonzalez. -OK. Good.

Who would like to describe what we see here?

Anderson Jean-Louis buying chips and a drink.

A perfectly ordinary action,

except when you consider when it happened.

November 10, 2010, at 11:06 p.m.

What else happened on November 10, 2010?

Vickie Tremblay was killed.

Exactly.

According to the indictment,

she was killed by Anderson Jean-Louis.

The victim's grandmother

saw Anderson pick up her granddaughter

late in the evening,

between 11:00 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.

But how could a man

buy chips and a soda

in a store in downtown Montreal-Nord at 11:06 p.m.

then pick up a girl

between 11;00 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. at her home

in Saint-Michel?

Why wasn't the video shown at the trial?

I don't understand.

When Anderson's lawyer went to see him,

the owner had told her

that he didn't have a surveillance camera.

He didn't want to get in trouble with street gangs,

and he was afraid of reprisals.

When people are afraid, they never cooperate.

Why is he cooperating now?

I don't understand.

He's old now.

He still lives above the store.

He sold it.

He read the article about Bruno Godin in the newspaper.

Who's Bruno Godin?

Anderson's high school teacher.

He's convinced of his innocence.

He submitted Anderson's case to the project.

His portrait was in the paper last month.

The guy at the store read the article,

and it moved him, so he went to see Mr. Godin

and gave him the videotape.

Mr. Godin brought it to us yesterday.

OK.

Shouldn't he have given it to the police?

Come on!

When you suspect a miscarriage of justice took place,

you don't talk to the police.

Let's stop here.

If this video doesn't convince you

that Anderson's case is worth taking on,

I don't know what you need.

This case is gold.

-Miss Launiere? -Yes?

We're going to correct

your report on Anderson Jean-Louis.

OK, I didn't know that...

No, we're going to Valcourt.

It'll be better if the subject of the report is present.

You'll drive, OK?

Can you?

I don't have a choice.

I guess my report isn't worth much if we already have to correct it?

No,

your report was fine

but too sensitive to the human aspects of the case.

You made a classic mistake.

You tried to show why Anderson Jean-Louis

was worth defending

instead of asking how to defend him.

OK. What do you mean?

A person accused of murder doesn't deserve to be defended

because there are extenuating circumstances

or because they weren't loved as a kid.

They deserve to be defended because they were accused, period.

It's a right, not a privilege.

As criminal lawyers,

we have an obligation to defend them

as best we can.

We don't need reasons. We need ammunition,

cards up our sleeves. It's a war.

Or a game, sometimes.

A game?

Forget I said that.

Come on, get in.

Drive and don't get into an accident.

I haven't renewed my insurance yet.

Sorry for the delay.

All available guards to Block D.

The guards had some questions to ask him.

What questions?

They think I attacked an inmate.

That's not a good idea when you're trying to get out of jail.

It's bullshit.

I had nothing to do with it.

Do you have any proof?

Our surveillance cameras didn't see anything.

We're questioning the inmates.

Get back to it then.

We need backup at Gate C.

I'm Armand Coupal. I'm a lawyer.

You know the Innocence Project coordinator,

Stella Launiere.

Are you going to take my case?

We haven't decided yet.

I came to see if we could build

a relationship of trust.

I trust you completely.

I was talking about us trusting you.

Earlier this week, you told Miss Launiere

some things I'd like to discuss today.

For example,

"The entire case is based on the fact

"that I'm the member of a street gang,

"but there was no proof of that,

"except that I'm Black

"and used to live in Saint-Michel."

-It's true. If I'd lived... -Hold on.

OK?

This is a good one.

"I'm a victim of racism

"by Quebecois society as a whole

"and its institutions."

I think we say "systemic" now.

Remember it.

Here's another one.

This is my favorite one.

"A Black guy dating a beautiful White girl

"is always a pimp in the eyes of native Quebecers."

Well, well!

Who's the victim here?

You, or Vickie?

I didn't kill Vickie, OK?

That's the only thing you can lie to me about.

You can lie to me about it because that's your right

and mostly because I don't care.

We don't care.

It won't be much longer.

This is Bernard Brown.

Please leave a message.

Bernard, what's going on?

What has your wife found out about us?

I didn't understand your message. Call me back.

Mrs. Antonin, thank you

for agreeing to come meet with us.

Have a seat.

If I read your email correctly,

the Innocence Project wants to look at my son's case.

-Yes, we... -Listen,

don't waste your time.

I came here

to tell you that it'd be a serious mistake

and a waste of resources.

Anderson belongs in jail.

My son killed Vickie Tremblay,

no matter what he said

and what he's telling you now.

Is it possible that...

I no longer have any contact with him.

Thank you for respecting my decision.

Don't call me again.

OK, I got it.

My son chose to be a monster.

You'll see for yourself

soon enough.

If you think that, as a social worker,

I haven't tried everything to help him,

to find every possible resource...

He preferred to follow his brothers, the Papa Ga�ons,

instead of choosing his true family.

It was his decision.

I'm here because your case is winnable.

I can't win it if you lie to me about the rest.

If you play games with me,

pull your pimp act on one of my interns again,

we're done. Is that clear?

It's clear.

You'll deal with the Bloods, the Crips, the Hell's

and the other human waste

who want your head in here.

-I get it. -I'm not sure you do,

but trust me, you will.

Let's go through a quick round of questions.

OK?

I want you to answer quickly and with only yes or no.

Understood?

Can we be alone for this, boss?

No, boss.

It's for her benefit, too.

Take notes.

Anderson,

were you, at the time of Vickie's murder,

a member in good standing of the Papa Ga�ons?

-Back in the day... -I said yes or no.

Yes.

As a member of the Ga�ons,

have you ever dealt or sold drugs,

including to minors?

Yes.

-Have you ever committed murder? -No.

Have you ever committed an assault or attempted murder?

Yes.

-Were you a pimp? -No.

-Are you sure? -No, I...

Did you act as a facilitator,

for Vickie or others,

so they'd become escorts, nude dancers

or street prostitutes,

and did you get money from it?

Yes.

Have you helped some while knowing

about their addiction, or by encouraging it,

or knowing that some of the girls were underage?

Yes.

Have you ever raped girls?

No, man.

Have you witnessed rape directly or indirectly

without intervening?

Come on!

Yes.

Have you ever beaten women?

Have you or have you not committed

acts of violence against women?

Yes.

Miss Launiere,

meet the real Anderson Jean-Louis.

If you still want the case,

it's yours.

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