alt ▁with ▁individually ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁co er ced ▁into ▁giving ▁false ▁conf essions , ▁forced ▁to ▁do ▁time ▁for ▁a ▁crime ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁commit , ▁and , ▁eventually , ▁ex on er ated ▁when ▁their ▁conv ict ions ▁were ▁vac ated ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ." ▁ ▁W illa ▁P ask in ▁of ▁S late ▁gave ▁the ▁series ▁a ▁positive ▁recommendation , ▁writing ▁that ▁" When ▁They ▁See ▁Us ▁may ▁be ▁making ▁an ▁appeal ▁to ▁our ▁duty ▁to ▁attend ▁to ▁this ▁not - at - all - anci ent ▁history — but ▁is ▁not , ▁itself , ▁dut iful . ▁In ▁one ▁aspect , ▁in ▁particular , ▁Du V ern ay ' s ▁approach ▁is ▁ref res hing ly ▁un enc umber ed ." ▁Robert ▁Lloyd ▁from ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁pra ised ▁the ▁series , ▁stating ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁" a ▁story ▁about ▁parents ▁and ▁children ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁about ▁justice ▁and ▁race ▁— ▁the ▁series ▁has ▁plenty ▁of ▁contemporary ▁reson ance ▁on ▁the ▁latter ▁account ▁— ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁strong ▁work ▁from ▁Nie cy ▁Nash , ▁John ▁Leg u iz amo , ▁A un jan ue ▁Ell is ▁and ▁Michael ▁Kenneth ▁Williams ▁among ▁the ▁older ▁generation ." ▁ ▁A udi ence ▁view ership ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Net fli x ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁min is eries ▁had ▁been ▁stream ed ▁by ▁over ▁ 2 3 ▁million ▁view ers ▁within ▁its ▁first ▁month ▁of ▁release . ▁ ▁Acc ol