Ofra Bikel, who passed away this month at the age of 94, was a longtime producer for FRONTLINE PBS at GBH. She joined FRONTLINE at its start in 1983 and made more than two-dozen films over the next quarter-century, including documentaries credited with helping free 13 people who had been wrongly charged or convicted. Karen O’Connor, a longtime producer at “Frontline,” told The Washington Post that while Bikel was often hailed for making programs that freed the wrongly convicted, she was hesitant to take much credit for her work. Ms. Bikel would say that while she was certainly a good reporter, she couldn’t be that good: If she had been able to uncover so many miscarriages of justice, it was because the justice system was so flawed.
Ofra Bikel, one of FRONTLINE's most consequential filmmakers, passed away at the age of 94. Her work for the investigative series spanned nearly 30 years and "exposed frailties in the U.S. criminal justice system — the coercive use of plea bargains, the failure to consider DNA evidence, the reliance on informants to prosecute drug cases — and helped free 13 people who had been wrongly charged or convicted." Read her obituary here: https://lnkd.in/gTZ8Gq3S