The series premiered on Fox on January 22, 2023. It is based on the 2010 British series of the same name, created by Jimmy McGovern. The series chronicles ordinary people, wherein each episode opens in a courtroom introducing the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial.
Each episode opens in a courtroom introducing the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial. The audience is then told the events that lead them there from the defendant's point of view.