MANILA--A gripping documentary about a wealthy, young man sentenced to death for the rape and murder of two sisters has catalysed a movement to expose wrongful convictions in the Philippines. The award-winning "Give Up Tomorrow" follows Francisco Juan Larranaga as he is transformed from a carefree, culinary art student into one of the nation's most vilified and hated people whose adult life is lost behind bars. The documentary presents a compelling case that corrupt authorities framed Larranaga, then aged 19, and six other young men for the 1997 rape and murder of the two sisters in the central Philippine city of Cebu. "This was a systematic failure...
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