Woman portrayed in 'Conviction' who helped free brother advocates for prisoners
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WASHINGTON — The Catholic woman whose efforts to free her wrongly imprisoned brother became the inspiration for the new motion picture "Conviction" still advocates for the cause of prisoners whenever she gets a chance.
Betty Anne Waters, who runs a bar in Bristol, R.I., got her high school diploma, a college degree, and a law degree so she could represent her brother Kenny in the appeal of his murder conviction.
Waters no longer practices law, but she pitches in wherever she can.
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