Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now

I understand what people said here about the interview, how the questions could have been better and everything... but I think the interview gives a lot of extra information about the five men. It's so important to meet the real men who lived this horrible injustice, It's important to hear their voices... It's clear that they have been through so much and the sequels are visible, but the important thing is that they can tell the story in their own words.

I get it that reviewers are annoyed at the soft-ball questioning from Oprah. Move on. To listen to these five men, in their own words, is incredibly powerful and moving, largely because it's uncut and unedited. Only one of them is 'media ready', which makes it all the harder hitting. And the most powerful of all is the controlled invective toward Fairstein herself and the investigators she controlled. The system in America is built to capture the most vulnerable (and dangerous, to be fair) in society and keep them out of society, is the biggest takeaway. The lack of a second chance through institutionalised criminalisation removes hope. Without hope, what do you have?

I understand this show is about the exonerated five and the huge ordeal they endured. However, I missed one question that I believed is also not developed in the series: what happened to the jogger? how does she live now? has she ever met them? what's her position on the justice system?

Also, in my opinion they wanted to talk to too many people in a short time, and the result is not great.

"based on a true story" has become Hollywood's license to lie. VICE did it to VP Cheney. This series does it to the trial that took place. It is fraught with inaccuracies that would be funny if they weren't so sad. The parents were present when the boys admitted to the crime. They boys had committed other crimes that night and committed other crimes after this trial. The prosecutor is shown as a crazy racist, couldn't' be further from the truth. She has since lost her job and her publisher because of the lies of this Netflix series. The police involved say this show is about 5% fact and 95% lies and spin. Oprah stirring the hate vote of her base coming up on a 2020 election. Sad failure.

F the haters, they don't sjit! They had only asked short and sweet questions to respectful let them have their say and let the world hear their voice. Not Oprahs or Avas, it was about them.