Hayes Morrison digs herself out of what could be a publicly embarrassing situation by making a clandestine deal with her adversary, Conner Wallace, to take on the Conviction Integrity Unit and justice system in order to save face for herself and her family. The first case Hayes pushes her team to consider is that of Odell Dwyer, a handsome former high school football player who has been in prison for eight years for murdering his girlfriend. Written by bonz6596-507-522839

The CIU re-investigates a case that Wallace personally prosecuted with alarming results.

The CIU works to clear a political activist who was sentenced to life in prison for setting off a bomb at a mosque.

The CIU examines the case of a mother who killed her autistic son, while Hayes is forced to do a prime time interview to save her job.

Hayes launches into damage-control mode following her controversial nationally televised interview, seeking to limit the repercussions within her family and to her mother's Senate campaign. Meanwhile, the CIU takes on the case of a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, convicted for killing a wealthy woman whose privileged family took him in and treated him as one of their own.

The CIU investigates the case of Porscha Williams who was convicted and imprisoned for the shooting death of a police woman during a protest. Naomi arrives to work on Connor's defense, but the personal entanglements between Hayes, Connor and Naomi eventually take center stage. Maxine and Tess reveal more of their personal stories, backgrounds and motivations to their co-workers. Written by Shauna Russ

Hayes and the CIU team take on the case of a man with diminished mental capacity serving time for setting a fatal fire to his family's restaurant. A documentary team follows the case with Hayes throwing roadblocks in their way any way she can

CIU revisits the case of a teenage girl who was kidnapped ten years ago and assumed dead, until she managed to escape her captor's home. Meanwhile, Hayes is determined to intercede on Wallace's behalf in an investigation into his professional misconduct.

Wallace brings the case of death-row inmate Earl Slavitt to the CIU. Earl was convicted of murdering federal prosecutor Tom Simon, one of Wallace's best friends. Wallace, along with Simon's widow, want to ensure that Earl did in fact commit the crime. When the CIU team looks for possible errors in the case,, they instead uncover cracks in Simon's reputation.

After Hayes and Wallace share a passionate night together, Hayes cautiously considers sticking her toe into the relationship waters with Wallace. Hayes implores the CIU team to aggressively pursue the case of Sophie Hausen, a young woman serving a life sentence for murdering a popular college basketball player, whom she accused of raping her.

While Hayes and Wallace struggle to balance their professional and personal lives, they are summoned to a crime scene that fits the M.O. of the infamous Black Orchid Killer. As the investigation accelerates, the CIU team closes in on a suspect who may have committed all the murders.

Former President Morrison pays Hayes an unexpected visit and lobbies her (and CIU) to take on the case of Omar Abbas, a Muslim-American citizen held for years without trial in a military facility for allegedly planning a chemical attack on Manhattan. But taking on the federal war on terror is a hot-button issue, and Hayes and the CIU find themselves battling the authorities in their search for the truth.

Hayes revisits a failed case from her days as a defense attorney, the very case where she met Wallace nearly a decade earlier. Meanwhile, a member of the CIU team is forced to revisit their illicit actions in the controversial Rodney Landon case. In the end, Hayes and Wallace's future, as well as that of the CIU team, hang in the balance.