Actually it didn't criticize the Justice System well

One of the most common things said of this show and the BBC original is that it speaks to the injustice of the justice system. I actually think it fails at this, if that's the point. (And I don't think that's the point).

(1) Naz and the circumstance of that night are a poor choice to declare that the justice system gets it wrong. Even in the original where he's convicted before being exonerated.

Why? There's a ton of evidence against him and he's not even a reliable witness to his own situation. Frankly it's preposterous and a major outlier to anything that would actually happen.

Want to make a statement about criminal justice? Pick some cases that are more representative of the routine and popular abuses instead of carefully crafted one-in-a-billion sorts of murders. Pick people who are convicted with no evidence at all.

This story is a case of [even though he stabbed her, took drugs with her, fraudulently picked her up in the first place, had rough sex with her and was the only person we know was also there that night] ... [he's not the killer]. This isn't where our or any other justice system botches it.

(2) The elements of drama and characterization were manipulated and unrealistic compared to what happens in real jails. Real reform can't happen if you create a monster that doesn't exist. This isn't a problem with a drama, per se, but it is if you start claiming that it's effective political commentary. The dark, brooding, corrupted to the core jail that they create is interesting fictional drama. And that's the point, I think. As fiction that speaks to our fears and has elements of reality thrown in, it's interesting.

This show was compelling as a drama, not as a documentary.