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Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsAs the COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into months of uncertainty, the freshman season of ABC’s For Life left viewers with questions about what awaits wrongfully convicted inmate-turned lawyer Aaron Wallace in the criminal justice system.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: For Life‘s Aaron Wallace is embarking on a new chapter, and the key art for Season 2 of the ABC drama series reflects that.It features Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock) outside the prison fence with the tagline, “Never stop fighting.” (see it below)The slogan also is at the heart of the first Season 2 trailer for the Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson-executive produced series.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerInspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr, ABC’s freshman legal drama For Life follows Aaron Wallace (played by Nicholas Pinnock), a prisoner who takes on the justice system by becoming a lawyer, fighting cases for other inmates while trying to overturn his own wrongful conviction.When executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was first introduced to Wright, he knew he had stumbled on something unique.“I was blown away by it,” Jackson said during Deadline’s

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The ABC prison drama “For Life,” which recounts one man’s attempt to exonerate himself while serving a life sentence in prison, takes a detour Tuesday night.

ABC’s new legal drama For Life isn’t a fairy-tale procedural recounting one man’s journey from felon to free man. It’s one of a kind.

ABC’s new drama series, “For Life,” follows the journey of convicted criminal Aaron Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock) as he educates himself behind bars to become a lawyer — and eventually win his own freedom.

Throughout ABC's new legal drama For Life, people are constantly telling Aaron Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock) to slow down, not to take such big risks or go to such extremes.It's a warning one might direct at For Life as well, as it layers one seemingly superfluous wrinkle or complication after another on top of what is already a very busy, twisty series. The challenge for creator Hank Steinberg: The series is inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr.

At first glance, For Life seems like a story that could only be made up in Hollywood.

Isaac Wright Jr. pulled off a rare feat in the American criminal justice system. Sentenced to life in prison in 1991 for a crime he did not commit, Wright ultimately became a lawyer and successfully represented himself in court and was exonerated of all charges.

By Amanda N'Duka