Here is the true story: it's loosely inspired by this case
This is actually an Alfred Hitchcock remake which was based on a true story.
http://www.examiner.com/list/the-wrong-woman-lifetime-movie-inspired-b y-1950-s-true-story
Ah no wonder this movie is so ridiculous. Back in the 50s cops got away with a lot of stupid shyte regarding evidence that can't be done today.
Though, an innocent person being arrested, tried and convicted for a crime they didn't commit isn't unheard of today. But it takes way more effort for it to happen to a white, middle class person with a decent private attorney. I guess the writers were too dumb or lazy to put any effort into creating a believable story on how it may have happened.
I don't trust people who don't like pets and I don't trust people who pets don't like.
While most of your statement is true, I did not feel the lawyer was all that competent. Perhaps I should say instead, that I found him to be incredibly lazy, and uninterested in the case. It constantly felt like he just wanted everything to be over so he could move on to a "more worthy" case, and didn't really care what happened to her. I did not like him at all.
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