Created by Mark Bomback and based on the best-selling William Landay book of the same name, the Apple TV+ original limited series Defending Jacob shows the effects of a shocking crime on one family in a small Massachusetts town. When middle schooler Jacob Barber (Jaeden Martell), son of Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber (Chris Evans) and his wife, Laurie (Michelle Dockery), is accused of murdering a fellow classmate, it puts the unconditional love for family on the line, and places parents at odds with each other over whether they believe their son when he proclaims his innocence. [caption id="…
Created by Mark Bomback and based on the best-selling William Landay book of the same name, the Apple TV+ original limited series Defending Jacob shows the effects of a shocking crime on one family in a small Massachusetts town. When middle schooler Jacob Barber (Jaeden Martell), son of Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber (Chris Evans) and his wife, Laurie (Michelle Dockery), is accused of murdering a fellow classmate, it puts the unconditional love for family on the line, and places parents at odds with each other over whether they believe their son when he proclaims his innocence. [caption id="…