Imprisoned for seven years for a crime he didn’t commit - Convictions Gone Bad with Will Mellor

Unreliable witnesses. Contradictory, patchy and inconsistent statements. And yet Sam Hallam is sentenced to 12 years in prison for murder, despite swearing he wasn’t even at the crime scene. Will Mellor fronts this gripping true crime series, delving into five of the most shocking miscarriages of justice in legal history. Will unpacks how the system got it so disastrously wrong and reveals the crucial new evidence that finally set the wrongfully convicted, free. We hear from the falsely accused in their own words, providing an insight into what it’s like to be arrested, tried and convicted of the most horrendous of crimes; and the subsequent battle to clear their name.