Aaron Wallace's fight to overturn his conviction to a life sentence continues. District Attorney Maskins ups his game when Aaron sues the NYPD in an attempt to gain access to his case file.
While litigating on behalf of an inmate locked up on a robbery charge, Aaron is torn between doing what's right and what's best for his case. Heartened by Aaron's new lead, Marie recommits to his case.
In a unique episode taking us back nine years, Marie struggles in her marriage to Aaron as she deals with the turbulence of Aaron's arrest, trial and incarceration.
Aaron confronts O'Reilly in court, targeting the search warrant used in Aaron's arrest. Maskins arranges for a dangerous inmate, Cassius Dawkins, to be transferred to Bellmore in hopes that he'll cause problems for Safiya and Aaron.
Aaron struggles to balance the demands of his own case with the needs of an inmate who's fighting for the right to marry his dying girlfriend. Safiya defies the prison board.
Aaron makes a strategic move to get his police file; District Attorney Maskins and Assistant District Attorney O'Reilly close in on proof of Aaron's malfeasance during Jose Rodriguez's trial, targeting Marie as a way to get to Aaron.
In order to maintain his lifeline to the outside world, Aaron is forced to defend Cassius Dawkins when he puts three white supremacists in the hospital.
Aaron bolsters his case with newfound information from Marie but finds himself torn between two worlds when Cassius suspects Aaron is a snitch and seeks retribution.
When Maskins and Cyrus Hunt try to thwart Aaron's attempt at a retrial, Aaron is forced to attempt a desperate move, risking the wrath of a powerful new adversary.
At the urging of Spencer Richardson, Aaron defends a woman charged with holding hospital workers at gunpoint to secure lifesaving treatment for her son; a young social justice warrior joins Aaron and Roswell's firm.
A newly liberated man, Aaron acclimates to family life outside of prison; as Aaron attempts to help Jamal with his case, he encounters Jamal's sister who needs legal help of her own.
After Aaron and Roswell agree to help a young woman facing deportation for a minor crime, they realize her case could be a key to exposing a broad pattern of police corruption; Jasmine begins to spend more time at Ronnie's house.
After an urgent call from Bellmore concerning the growing pandemic, Aaron enlists Safiya's help and heads back to the prison to investigate; Marie must decide between exposing her family to the virus and going all-in at the hospital.
Aaron takes on the case of an unarmed man shot by a police officer; Safiya represents Ronnie after he's arrested and roughed up by law enforcement; the family struggles with whether to have Aaron Jr. Baptized.
Aaron faces pressure from all sides when he is forced to decide which charges to bring against the officers responsible for the killing of an unarmed civilian; Safiya pursues video evidence that could change her case.
With Aaron and Marie facing threats from an increasingly hostile community, Aaron and his team double down by pursuing criminal charges against a high-ranking police officer they believe tried to cover up the shooting.
