`The Exonerated`, which is presented as a dramatised reading, tells the true story of five American men and one American woman who were convicted and sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. Between them these six people spent over one hundred years on death row before the criminal justice system finally corrected its errors and freed them.
They say timing is everything. The Indian producers of this play are convinced that it is time, given the current global climate of intolerance to give this play breath in India. However, they are not hoping to gain anything political or provide a platform of dissent, they merely want to encourage open dialogue and debate around the themes of justice and human rights - sorely diminishing globally.
Although the play is written with a US audience in mind, there is a great parallel with such cases here in India.