The CIU team works to exonerate a political activist serving a life sentence for planting a bomb at a mosque thathuged a prominent Imam and three worshippers. The re-examination of the case calls into question the NYPD's role, which puts Hayes in Wallace's crosshairs.
Episode Viewers and Ratings
Season 1 Episode 3 of Conviction was watched by 4,240,000 viewers, resulting in a 0.70 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
Lawyer and former First Daughter Hayes Morrison is about to accept a job offered from her nemesis, NY District Attorney Wayne Wallis, to avoid jail time for cocaine possession and avoid hurting her mother's Senate campaign.
Working with his team at the new Conviction Integrity Unit will let her use her brilliant mind to turn over cases, where there is credible suspicion of wrongful conviction, and give her a chance to turn things around with her high-powered political family.