{"id":25520,"date":"2022-08-16T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=films&#038;p=25520"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:11:08","slug":"free-chol-soo-lee","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/free-chol-soo-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Chol Soo Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sentenced to life for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement, which included Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans, helped to overturn his conviction. 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