The Many Trials of One Jane Doe

01/24/2002

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1hr 45min

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Drama

,TV Movie

She demanded justice... She got a trial.

STORY

Based on a true story about an extraordianry woman, who after a traumatizing rape, refuses to remain a victim. Wendy Crewson stars as Jane Doe (as she must legally be called), a woman who discovers she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist terrorizing a two-block area surrounding her home. When she learns that the police department was aware of this dangerous criminal yet decided not to issue a public warning, she feels that she and all the women in the neighbourhood were offered up as bait. Driven to take action, she investigates not only her own case, but also police procedures with regard to rape and its victims, and is shocked by what she discovers: a legal system that is sexist and uncaring. It is then that she decides to take on the Toronto Police Department. What follows for Jane Doe is a grueling 10-year legal battle, which becomes vicious, all-consuming and personal.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Wendy Crewson
  • Steven Mackintosh
  • Sarah Constible
  • Jacob Tierney
  • Gary Lewis

    Director

  • Jerry Ciccoritti

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • CBC

    Production Countries

  • Canada

LANGUAGES

  • English