Plot Synopsis

RICH AND ACQUITTED is a one-hour documentary series that reveals how fame and the all-powerful dollar can weigh down the scales of justice. Some defendants can afford the best defense attorneys in the country, allowing them to escape sticky legal situations that would destroy any normal defendant.. Evidence is twisted to create gaps of doubt, and in the end the defendants are acquitted -- even when they may appear guilty. The series reveals astonishing details about the alleged crimes and shows how powerful attorneys begin to try their cases in the press, swaying potential jurors long before the trial even starts. Each 60-minute episode features a different celebrity, including Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, Snoop Dogg, R. Kelly, Oscar Pistorius and Robert Blake.