In The Green Mile, John Coffey, played by Michael Clarke Duncan, is on death row after being found guilty of murdering two little white girls. The Green Mile is the name given to Coal Mountain Louisiana State Penitentiary's death row. Coffey, a black man, was found with the broken bodies of the two dead girls in his arms, and despite protestations of innocence, he is convicted and sentenced to death. The story is told in flashbacks by Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks). Edgecomb is the main character and the head guard on death row. He comes to believe that his newest charge is innocent when he sees the goodness in him. He is able to ge

The story is that Carter ran afoul of a corrupt Patterson police officer, as a youth, and was later framed for murder by this same officer, now a lieutenant. Convicted on false evidence and perjured testimony, Carter spends nineteen years in Trenton State Prison, in spite of pleas by celebrities and a 1975 song by Bob Dylan. His appeals exhausted, Carter appears destined to spend the rest of his life in jail, until new evidence is uncovered that leads to his release. The convictions were set aside on the grounds that he didn't get a fair trial. The State of New Jersey decided not to re-try him a third time because so much time had passed, and withdrew the indictments against him.

Shortly after his return to New Jersey, Carter was arrested for his reformatory escape, and served an additional year. He was released in 1957. Less than two months later, Carter robbed and brutally beat three people, including a middle-aged woman, allegedly after drinking heavily. Convicted of these crimes, Carter spent four years in Trenton State Prison and Rahway State Prison. Upon his release in September 1961, he became a professional boxer.

Here is another case of an innocent man found guilty, because of what people think he is, rather than what he is. In prison, we see that Andy is a "standup guy." When he is assaulted, he doesn't run to the guards, but fights back on his own. His financial expertise leads to favors from the guards which he shares with his friends.

The third movie The Shawshank Redemption, is also the story of a man unjustly convicted of murder. The movie is narrated by Red Redding, played by Morgan Freeman, who tells the story of a new convict named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins). Andy has been convicted of killing his wife and her lover after discovering that she is cheating on him, but he is innocent. As he enters the prison, Red bets that Andy will cry in his cell before the night is over, but loses the bet. During the course of the movie, Andy endures several sexual assaults from other prisoners, but does not back down. Eventually Andy finds favor with the Warden (Bob Gunton) because of his financial expertise. This, in turn, leads to his eventual escape and a new life in Mexico.

At age seventeen, Carter escaped from the reformatory in 1954 and joined the United States Army. Several months after he completed infantry basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he was shipped to Germany, where he became interested in boxing. By all accounts, Carter was a poor soldier, and was court-martialed four times for charges ranging from insubordination to being AWOL. In May, 1956, the Army discharged him as "unfit for military service", well before his scheduled date of separation.

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