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"Free, But Not Really Free"

Fifteen years ago, Shirley Ree Smith was convicted of shaking her grandson to death, but the facts were murky and she always maintained she's innocent. Her conviction was overturned, but then reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court. She tells FRONTLINE correspondent A.C. Thompson what it's like to live in legal limbo.
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Season 2011 Episodes

A Perfect Terrorist
S2011 E19 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 11/22/11

Syria Undercover
S2011 E18 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 11/08/11

Lost in Detention
S2011 E17 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 10/18/11

The Anthrax Files
S2011 E16 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 10/11/11

The Man Behind the Mosque
S2011 E15 Length 36:36 Premiere Date 09/27/11

The Interrogator
S2011 E14 Length 54:11 Premiere Date 09/13/11

Top Secret America – 9/11 to the Boston Bombings
S2011 E13 Length 53:51 Premiere Date 09/06/11

The Pot Republic
S2011 E12 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 07/26/11

The Child Cases
S2011 E11 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 06/28/11

WikiSecrets
S2011 E10 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 05/24/11

Kill / Capture
S2011 E9 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 05/10/11

Fighting for Bin Laden
S2011 E8 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 05/03/11

The Silence
S2011 E7 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 04/19/11

Football High
S2011 E6 Length 53:11 Premiere Date 04/12/11

Money and March Madness
S2011 E5 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 03/29/11

Revolution in Cairo
S2011 E4 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 02/22/11

Post Mortem
S2011 E3 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 02/01/11

Are We Safer?
S2011 E2 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 01/18/11

Battle for Haiti
S2011 E1 Length 53:39 Premiere Date 01/11/11

"It's a Good Thing"
Clip Length 01:19 Premiere Date 03/28/12

"Finally Justice Was Served"
Clip Length 00:55 Premiere Date 03/28/12

"Free, But Not Really Free"
Clip Length 01:19 Premiere Date 03/28/12

The Free World
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 03/05/12

Ernie Lopez Arrives Home
Clip Length 02:15 Premiere Date 03/05/12

Ernie Lopez, Released
Clip Length 01:47 Premiere Date 03/05/12

The Child Cases Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 06/28/11

Educating Sergeant Pantzke
Clip Length 17:57 Premiere Date 06/28/11

The Child Cases
Clip Length 32:00 Premiere Date 06/28/11

Law & Disorder: Robert Williams
Clip Length 01:38 Premiere Date 08/08/10

Haiti: The Aid Dilemma
Clip Length 14:49 Premiere Date 06/25/10

"Gangs of Iraq" - Preview
Preview Length 00:32 Premiere Date 04/17/07

Obama Speaks at Harvard Law in '90
Clip Length 11:39 Premiere Date 04/24/90

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