The premiere establishes a harrowing, realistic journey through the criminal justice system from the moment of arrest. Ben Coulter enters the system as a terrified, possibly innocent, possibly guilty young man. The episode’s power lies in its ambiguity and the sinking realization that, regardless of truth, the legal machinery has already begun to define him as a killer.
: A street-smart, somewhat scruffy lawyer who stumbles into Aditya’s case at the police station by sheer fluke. Criminal Justice Season 1 - Episode 1