what if I was accused of a crime that I didn't commit theme

We imagine what it would be like to be wrongfully accused of a crime.

Examples

Riker was cleared of killing Nel Apgar in a dramatic holo-hearing in tng3x14 "A Matter of Perspective".

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ahh2x31 choice Howard was spent a stretch in the state pen for an assault that he was adamant he didn't commit. The main part of the story follows Howard as he plots revenge against his alleged victim.
ahp1x36 choice Paula was falsely accused of having purloined a crystal mink stole.
ahp6x13 choice William was falsely accused of having pilfered $10,000 from a clip of money he'd stumbled on that supposedly contained $102,000.
bbf1x11 choice Garibaldi was falsely accused of trying to assassinate the president.
ds92x14 choice Miles was informally accused of being an enemy agent.
ds92x25 choice Miles was wrongfully accused of having aided and abetted Maquis terrorists.
ds96x18 choice Luther Sloan falsely accused Julien of being a Dominion spy.
movie: Frenzy (1972) choice Richard was wrongfully accused, caught and sentenced as being the necktie murderer. He proceeded to escape in order to avenge himself on the real killer. This was the sum-total of the plot.
tas2x04 choice The Dramians imprisoned McCoy on the charge of mass genocide - he was proved innocent.
tos2x07 choice Scotty was the lead suspect in the murders of a number of women on Argelius II. He was proved innocent in the end.