Conviction is a 2010 American biographical legal drama film directed by Tony Goldwyn, written by Pamela Gray, and starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell.

Kenny was initially taken in for questioning by Sergeant Nancy Taylor over the murder of his next-door neighbor, Katherina Reitz Brow on May 21, 1980, in Ayer, Massachusetts.

When Betty Ann discovers that Kenny tried to commit suicide three years into his sentence, she decides to go back to school and become a lawyer so she can exonerate him.

Struggling in school, demoralized and exhausted, Betty Anne stops going to classes, until Abra, a classmate, motivates her to continue.

Betty Anne realizes that the new field of DNA testing could be the key to overturning Kenny's conviction, as only blood types had been matched at the time of the trial.

The backlog of cases will mean waiting at least 18 months, unless she can pass the bar exam and find the blood evidence to have it tested.

Refusing to give up, Betty Anne learns that Nancy Taylor was fired from the police department for attempting to frame another officer, and when she and Abra travel to the Boston courthouse and plead with the supervisor to look through the evidence, it is found.

[8][9] In Ypsilanti, filming took place in the historic Depot Town at a restaurant called Sidetrack Bar & Grill.