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Accused

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Accused	label	Accused
Accused	page	Accused
Accused	comment	Accused was a British television series which ran from 2010 to 2012. Despite high critical acclaim, it was canceled after two series. The show followed a criminal trial in each episode, showing how the defendant got to be there. Noted actors Christopher Eccleston, Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris, Sean Bean, and Robert Sheehan, among others, were featured on its run.An American remake began airing in 2023 on Fox.
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Accused / int_12dd1d4c	type	Rape as Drama
Accused / int_12dd1d4c	comment	Rape as Drama: In "Kenny's Story" the rape of Kenny's daughter sets the plot in motion after he then seeks revenge. In "Alison's Story" Alison is raped by her husband when he thinks she's cheated on him. This then leads to their separation, a battle for custody of their kids and him framing her as a drug dealer with assistance from his police captain father so she'll lose them. Tina is set up to be raped by a prisoner after she attempts to report a fellow prison guard's negligence, which left another prisoner alone where he killed himself.
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Accused / int_28f852ea	type	Wholesome Crossdresser
Accused / int_28f852ea	comment	Wholesome Crossdresser: Simon, in his guise as Tracie. This even gets him acquitted, as he goes into court dressed as Tracie and successfully shows how ridiculous the idea of committing a crime in that outfit would be.
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Accused / int_2d363f63	type	Frame-Up
Accused / int_2d363f63	comment	Frame-Up: In "Alison's Story" Alison is framed as a drug dealer by her husband and his police captain father so she'll lose custody of their kids. Thankfully, this is revealed, she's acquitted, and they get arrested.
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Accused / int_2f913008	type	Insanity Defense
Accused / int_2f913008	comment	Insanity Defense: Discussed in "Stephen's Story". Stephen's attorney wants him to get a psychiatric examination so they can prove he was insane at the time of his crime (he's clearly a schizophrenic). Stephen refuses though, denying he's mentally ill and claiming what happened was justified to defend himself and his family. This doesn't work, and he gets convicted of attempted murder. Granted, Stephen was aware of the possibility of going to jail, but preferred that to a mental hospital as a prison sentence would come with a set release date.
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Accused / int_3322dd48	type	Hollywood Law
Accused / int_3322dd48	comment	Hollywood Law: In "Frankie's Story", Frankie is a British soldier who served in Afghanistan. Problem is, the crime he's accused of occurred in Afghanistan on a British military base, against a fellow soldier, yet he's put on trial in a civilian court back in the UK. Any crime on a military base, committed by a soldier, against another soldier, would fall under military jurisdiction and be tried by a military court.
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Accused / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Accused / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: "Willy's Story", "Frankie's Story" and "Stephen's Story" end with the title characters getting sentences that seem longer than deserved (or for Stephen, he shouldn't really have been convicted at all, given that he's insane).
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Accused / int_5466745d	type	Clear Their Name
Accused / int_5466745d	comment	Clear Their Name: "Alison's Story" is focused on this after Alison gets framed for drug dealing by her abusive husband's cop father, as a means to get him full custody of their kids.
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Accused / int_5ae357c1	type	Knight Templar Parent
Accused / int_5ae357c1	comment	Knight Templar Parent: Mo, with her own mother aiding and abetting, pulls out all the stops to keep her son Jake out of jail. In the process she perverts the course of justice, betrays every principle she espouses, repeatedly deceives her best friend Sue whose own son, Sean, Jake was coerced into killing and even states under oath that Sean would have done the same in Jake's position. In the end Jake gets the maximum sentence of twelve years, Sue bitterly spurns Mo, and Mo and her mother become pariahs.
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Accused / int_5d5cc3fd	type	Through the Eyes of Madness
Accused / int_5d5cc3fd	comment	Through the Eyes of Madness: Stephen is clearly a paranoid schizophrenic, which makes him think his stepmother killed his mother, the family dog, and is now trying to kill his father and brother as well. Eventually this leads to him stabbing her in what he believes to be a defense of them and himself. He refuses to admit he's mentally ill though, or allow a psychiatric examination. This means he's convicted and gets six years in prison when most likely he wasn't responsible at all.
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Accused / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Accused / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: In "Frankie's Story" Frankie's friend Peter is bullied ruthlessly by the other soldiers, led by the cruel corporal, after he cracks under fire. This leads to him shooting himself. In "Tina's Story" Stephen Cartwright reappears when he enters a juvenile prison to start his time. After only a short period, he hangs himself. This spurs the episode's plot, as Tina blames another guard who didn't move him to a cell with another prisoner where he could be watched as she asked.
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Accused / int_7bc90010	type	Hearing Voices
Accused / int_7bc90010	comment	Hearing Voices: Stephen almost constantly hears voices whispering as part of his delusions.
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Accused / int_80251be3	type	How We Got Here
Accused / int_80251be3	comment	How We Got Here: The form of every episode's plot. Often what the case is about isn't even revealed until late in.
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Accused / int_819b6384	type	Sympathetic Murderer
Accused / int_819b6384	comment	Sympathetic Murderer: Frankie. After he's relentlessly bullied for trying to report bullying of his friend who eventually killed himself over it, he snaps and kills his corporal, who led this. It doesn't help that he won't reveal any of this in court however, giving him no mitigation. He gets 25 years in prison. Jake murdered another boy only because he was being coerced by the leader of his gang with the threat of being murdered himself if he didn't comply. He feels terrible about it, and pleads guilty.
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Accused / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Accused / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: In "Kenny's Story" Kenny's friends were equally guilty, but the only evidence against them is Kenny's confession, so the jury acquits them. In "Alison's Story" Alison's husband isn't arrested for raping her, as she didn't report it, but is for other crimes. In "Tina's Story" Tina's rapist is also not arrested for the same reasons.
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Accused / int_ab21dce	type	TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight
Accused / int_ab21dce	comment	The Cloud Cuckoo Lander Was Right: Possibly the case with paranoid schizophrenic Stephen at the end of "Stephen's Story", where it appears that his stepmother really was poisoning his father and brother. However, it's left ambiguous whether this is another of his delusions or not. In "Tina's story" Stephen's father reappears, suggesting his final conversation with his stepmother was indeed a delusion.
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Accused / int_cb9aeb6a	type	Vigilante Man
Accused / int_cb9aeb6a	comment	Vigilante Man: In "Kenny's Story" Kenny and his friends attack the man they believe violated his daughter. The plot shows why this is a very bad idea, however. The man was innocent, and Kenny's convicted of murder after he dies.
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Accused / int_d21f3d5d	type	Justified Criminal
Accused / int_d21f3d5d	comment	Justified Criminal: Willy steals out of desperation to pay for his daughter's wedding.
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Accused / int_dd234c2f	type	Hallucinations
Accused / int_dd234c2f	comment	Hallucinations: Stephen sees Alastair Campbell telling him from the television screen to kill his stepmother to save his family from what he believes to be her poisoning them.
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Accused / int_e57c714d	type	Insane Equals Violent
Accused / int_e57c714d	comment	Insane Equals Violent: Stephen is a paranoid schizophrenic. His delusions lead him to stab his stepmother, believing she killed his mother, his dog, and is trying to do his father and brother in as well. Somewhat justified with his condition, as the belief they're being persecuted is more likely to make the person use violence (which like Stephen they also may honestly believe is self-defense or defense of others).
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