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‘The Last Defense’: ABC and Viola Davis Come for Netflix’s True-Crime Crown

HAIL MARY

This new seven-part prime-time series, premiering June 12, seeks to overturn a pair of highly questionable death-row convictions.

Nick Schager
Nick Schager 

Entertainment Critic

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Nick Schager

Nick Schager

Entertainment Critic

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