Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

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Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story ★★½ 1999

Whitfield stars in this true story as Lori Jackson, a 1980s civil rights activist who takes on the case of Marine Corporal Lindsay Scott (Yearwood), the only black in the battalion, who is falsely accused of raping a white officer's wife. When he is convicted on circumstantial evidence, Jackson secures a new trial, which exacts a high price on her own life. Based on the book “Dangerous Evidence” by Ellis A. Cohen. 90m/C VHS, DVD . Lynn Whitfield, Richard Lineback, Richard Yearwood, Peter MacNeill, Erica Luttrell, Barbara Mamabolo, Geordie Johnson, Bruce Gray; D: Sturla Gunnarsson; W: Sterling Anderson; M: Jonathan Goldsmith. CABLE