Each year, millions of Americans travel abroad and more than 3,000 are imprisoned every year. Many of them are wrongfully convicted, and many of them are told they will never go home again.
From Focus Features and L.A. Times Studios comes the brand-new podcast series, CONVICTED: ACROSS BORDERS. Hosted by famed lawyer and bestselling author, Marcia Clark, we’ll hear straight from the mouths of the men and women who lived through these trials. Through these stories we’ll explore how seemingly benign actions can lead to incarceration in foreign lands, how to navigate different legal systems when you don’t even speak the language, and who one turns to when the closest help is thousands of miles away.
Five unimaginably harrowing stories. Five traumatic fights for freedom. And five incredible true cases with emotional homecomings that have to be heard to be believed.
Convicted: Across Borders is produced by L.A. Times Studios and Treefort Media.
This podcast series is funded by Focus Features and produced by L.A. Times Studios. The Los Angeles Times newsroom was not involved in the creation of this series.
After spending eight years in Nicaragua, Jason Puracal had built his dream life. Then, in 2010, without any signs or warnings - everything changed. Jason was arrested by Nicaraguan authorities and charged with international money laundering and drug trafficking. Jason had no criminal history. There was no evidence against him. But that didn't matter. In August 2011, Jason was convicted and sentenced to 22 years in prison. This is Jason's story.
And be sure to watch Focus Features new film, STILLWATER, directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Matt Damon, in theaters July 30th.
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