It's based on a true story. What a nightmare. 18 years in prison for doing nothing.
From Waitress to Brother’s Savior, Then Hollywood Hero
Betty Anne Waters inspired “Conviction,” a film opening on Friday and starring Hilary Swank.
By Robin Pokogrebin
The New York Times
October 12, 2010
BRISTOL, R.I. — Betty Anne Waters still greets her lunch customers here as they tuck into pints of Guinness and Reuben sandwiches at Aidan’s, a pub hard by the harbor in this small, boat-building town.
Ms. Waters had only a job as a waitress, her high school equivalency, two kids and a stack of bills when she set out to rescue her brother Kenneth Waters, who served 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Now she has a college degree, a law degree and the stunning achievement of having succeeded, after nearly two decades, in overturning her brother’s conviction.
But after he was released in 2001 —and the flurry of news attention faded — Ms. Waters, 56, returned to Aidan’s, to the simple life of tending to her family and the pub where she is now general manager. No law firm. No fat salary. No fame.
“As I got to know her, I understood it,” said Barry Scheck, a lawyer who assisted her on the case. “She did not become a lawyer to be a lawyer. She became a lawyer to get her brother out of jail.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/movies/13waitress.html
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