50 Cent's For Life: Prison Lifer Aims to 'Make Things Right' by Working as a Lawyer in ABC Drama — Watch Trailer

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A prisoner serving a life sentence endeavours to “fight back” and “make things right” for others — by working as a lawyer — in For Life, ABC’s midseason drama from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

Set to premiere Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 10/9c and inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr., For Life stars Nicholas Pinnock (Counterpart) as Aaron Wallace, a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves – his estranged wife (played by Parenthood‘s Joy Bryant) and daughter (Tyla Harris) – and reclaim the life that was stolen from him.

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For Life will also, through the window of Aaron’s ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden (Game of Thrones‘ Indira Varma), examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems.

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The Last Ship creator Hank Steinberg serves as showrunner and will EP alongside Jackson (Power), Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan, and Isaac Wright Jr.

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