OnacoldNovembernightin1993,WandaLopezwasstabbedtodeathwhilesheworkedataCorpusCristiTexasgasstation.21yearoldCarlosDeLunawasarrested,andoverthenextsixyears,throughhistrialandsubsequentimprisonmentheprotestedhisinnocence,declaringthatitwasanotherCarloswhocommittedthecrime.TheprosecutioninsistedthatthisotherCarloswasa“phantom’anddidn’texist. Throughilluminatinginterviewswithwitnesses,Carlos’familymembers,andlegalexpertsthefilmasks,forthefirsttimesince1993,ifthejudicialsystemexecutedaninnocentman,examiningkeyevidencethatcallsintoquestionwhetherornotCarlosDeLunawasrightabouttheotherCarlos.Washeaphantomafterall,orwasheabrutalkiller,anddidapoorHispanicyoungmanhaveanychancewithinajusticesystemandasocietythatbyit'sactionsseemedtoregardhimasdisposable?—DeborahRudolph