Like Serial, Proof, How to Make a Murderer, etc, Bone Valley is a captivating deep dig investigation into the case of a man unjustly convicted for a murder he did not commit. You’ll be familiar with the players here: the crooked cops, the corrupt DAs, the flimsy case based on cobbled together hearsay, the incompetent defense, the jury inexplicably quick to convict… it’s all there. This story takes us a bit deeper into an implacable and broken justice system. It is more or less obvious from the get go that Leo Schofield is more likely than not innocent, but the more evidence that’s uncovered exonerating him, the more the police and state dig their heels in to obstruct and sabotage the process. When a likely killer does emerge to confess to the crime and another unrelated murder, he’s put in an absurd and unlikely situation: the state does not care about his confession.
If this seems boring to a few other reviewers, it’s because it becomes more about the banality of evil—a host of careerists and state functionaries too busy climbing the professional ladder and covering themselves from corrupt, immoral and illegal practices to bother with justice at all. Indeed, there’s something wrong in Florida when a serial killer shows more compassion, remorse, and conscience than the State. A real eye-opener!
