The True Story Behind For Life Is Even More Inspiring Than the Show It Spawned
At first glance, For Life seems like a story that could only be made up in Hollywood.
The new ABC legal drama, premiering Tuesday, Feb.
11, follows Aaron Wallace, a man sentenced to life who becomes a lawyer litigating the cases of other inmates while he fights to overturn his own sentence in a crime he didn't commit.
Starring Nicholas Pinnock and hailing from executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, the series offers an examination of the flaws present in the U.S.
penal and legal systems.
What's more, it's actually based on a true story.
Isaac Wright, Jr., who also serves as executive producer here, was an entrepreneur who told Esquire that he'd co-created the girl group Cover...