故事改编自英国真实发生的一件事：2008年一个叫Shannon Matthews的9岁女孩失踪，后来经过调查发现，是她的妈妈和妈妈男友的叔叔，为了骗取高额的悬赏金，一起合谋假造了这起儿童绑架失踪案。

Based on Ann Ming’s book For the Love of Julie, the series tells the heart-breaking story of Ming’s 15-year-long battle for her daughter Julie’s murderer to face justice. Ming’s daughter was found in the bathroom of her house in 1990, 80 days after she had disappeared, and the man who killed her was twice acquitted following mistrials before eventually admitting to the murder. The archaic double jeopardy law meant he couldn’t be tried twice for the same crime and it is this law that Ming and her family successfully overturned.

该剧改编自安·明的著作《为了朱莉的爱》，讲述了明为追究杀害女儿朱莉的凶手而奋斗了15年的令人心碎的故事。1990年，明的女儿在失踪80天后，被发现死在家中的浴室里。凶手在审判无效后两次被判无罪，最终承认了谋杀罪。过时的双重危险法意味着凶手不能因同一罪行接受两次审判，而明和她的家人成功推翻了这项法律。