Berlinger To Bring On “The System”

Award winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger is all set to direct “The System,” an eight-part series on the criminal justice system, for Al-Jazeera America. He is also the executive producer of the series. The series is produced by Radical Media. It will examine subjects such as false confessions, mandatory sentencing and the treatment of juvenile offenders at large.

Best known for the “Paradise Lost”, Berlinger is already famous for his documentaries on criminal justice and  the related subjects.

The series named as “The System” will first be telecast on March 16 at 9 p.m.. The first episode will feature about thousands of dubious rulings and the flawed forensic evidence that produced them. A new episode will be featured every Sunday.

Berlinger’s latest film, about infamous mobster Whitey Bulger, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January this year. It will also be aired on CNN this season.

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