The Last Defense
2018
📺 1 Season
🎬 7 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 42 min/ep
Documentary
This docu-series explores and exposes flaws in the American justice system through emotional, in-depth examinations of the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones.
Seasons
Season 1
After surviving the brutal stabbing that leaves her two sons dead in 1996, Dallas housewife Darlie Routier urges police to find the intruder she claims is the killer. To her horror, she becomes the No. 1 suspect. In his first interview in nearly 15 years, Darlie’s husband, Darin Routier, gives an emotional telling of the events leading up to her arrest while the prosecutors, Greg Davis and Toby Shook, walk through the crime scene as they prepare their case.
Crew
Director
Jeremiah Crowell, Amani Martin
Producer
Viola Davis, Julius Tennon
Network
ABC
Production
JuVee Productions, Lincoln Square Productions, Xcon Productions
Keywords
true crimewrongful convictionmurder trialamerican justice system