Darrow & Darrow: Body of Evidence
Concerned that an innocent woman has been wrongly convicted, earnest young police officer Roy Wingreen (Mitch Ainey) seeks help from defense attorney Claire Darrow (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) and District Attorney Miles Strasberg (Tom Cavanagh). A year ago, Roy was a rookie cop responding to a call from Laura Graham (Jordana Largy), who reported that her husband Tom (Michael Patrick Denis) had been kidnapped. That day, he watched in astonishment as Laura was arrested and charged with Tom’s murder. Laura has steadfastly maintained her innocence and Roy has never been able to shake the sense that she is telling the truth.\n\n\n\nBoth Claire and Miles remember the Graham case, which seemed the definition of open-and-shut. It was not a typical murder trial. There was no body to put in evidence: Tom’s corpse had not been found. There was, however, an array of circumstances that pointed to a classic crime of passion: a very public argument between Laura and her philandering, gambling-addict husband; an eyewitness account of the couple’s acrimonious, late-night boat ride, from which Tom never returned; and DNA-rich bloodstained evidence found on the boat and in the couple’s home. In reading the trial transcripts, Claire finds no reason to question the jury’s guilty verdict.\n\n\n\nBut after paying a jailhouse visit to Laura Claire changes her mind, bringing to the fore the inconsistencies in the prosecution’s theory of the crime. While Miles disagrees, he knows better than to dismiss Claire’s thought process, much less try to stop her from pursuing the matter further. As their investigation turns up new information and leads them down unexpected paths, Claire is increasingly certain that Laura Graham is innocent – and dubious that a murder even took place.
