| 1 | Duke | Russell | The man in Death Row. Cullen's client in Alabama. |
| | Cullen | Post | Narrator and Protagonist. |
| | Emily | Broone | The alleged Duke's victim. |
| | Chad | Falwright | The Prosecutor. |
| | Mark | Carter | The real rapist of Emily Broone. |
| 2 | Vicki | Gourley | Cullen's boss. |
| | Francois | Tatum | Cullen's workmate. Aka: Frankie. |
| 3 | Brooke | Post | Cullen's wife. |
| | Crissy | Spangler | A gang member. |
| | Lamar | Robinson | The gang Leader. |
| | Will | Foster | The gang victim. |
| | Terence | Lattimore | Cullen's client. |
| | Julie | Showalter | Lamar's lawyer. |
| | Bennie | Drake | The priest. |
| 4 | Mazy | Ruffin | Cullen's director of litigation. |
| | Shasta | Brisley | One of Cullen's clients. |
| | Curtis | Wallace | One of Cullen's clients. |
| | Jimmy | Flagler | One of Cullen's clients. |
| | Billy | Rayburn | One of Cullen's clients. |
| | Daniel | Russell | Duke's son. |
| 5 | Keith | Russo | The victim. |
| | Diana | Russo | Keith's wife. Quincy's first wife. |
| | Quincy | Miller | One of Cullen's clients. |
| | Carrie | Holland | A drug addict. Aka: Carrie Pruitt. |
| | Zeke | Huffey | The witness in Quincy's case. |
| | Tyler | Townsend | Quincy's lawyer. |
| | Valerie | Cooper | One of the witnesses in Quincy's case. Quincy's girlfriend. |
| 6 | June | Walker | Quincy's ex-wife. |
| | Otis | Walker | June's husband. |
| 10 | Paul | Norwood | The bloodstains expert. |
| | Kyle | Benderschmidt | Chairman Virginia Commonwealth University. |
| | James | Ruffin | Mazy's husband. |
| | Luther | Hodges | Cullen's friend. |
| 12 | Gerald | Cook | A convicted man in Tully Run prison. |
| | | | NCCIW - North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women. |
| | Dr. | Muscrove | An arson expert. |
| 13 | Bradley | Pfitzner | The long-time Seabrook sheriff. |
| | Mcknatt | | The chief of police in Seabrook. |
| | Kenny | Taft | The only black policeman in Seabrook. |
| 14 | Forres | Burkhead | The prosecutor in Quincy's case. |
| | Buck | | Carrie's lover. |
| 17 | Glenn | Colacurci | A senator. Distant relative of Keith Russo. |
| 18 | Wink | Castle | The current sheriff. |
| | Lieutenant | Jordan | The fire chief. |
| 20 | Tucker | Shiner | Zeke's former colleague. |
| | James | Rhoad | June's 2nd husband. |
| 21 | Tobias | Black | The renowned
criminologist in San Francisco. |
| 24 | Jim | Bizko | The Birmingham News reporter. |
| | Steve | Rosenberg | A lawyer from Alabama. |
| | Judge | Marlowe | The court judge. |
| | Leon | Raney | Chad's predecessor. |
| 25 | Bea | | Glenn's secretary. |
| 26 | Joey | Barr | Cullen's potential client. |
| 27 | Susan Ashley | Gross | Cullen's co-counsel. |
| | Jerry | Plank | The court judge. |
| | Nash | Cooley | A Miami drug lawyer. |
| | Carmend | Hidalgo | A jailhouse informant. |
| | Mickey | Mercado | A criminal. Aka: Black Denim. |
| | Coral | Gables | Mickey's colleague. A convicted felon. |
| 28 | Len | Duckworth | One of Cullen's clients. |
| | Ramon | Vasquez | A drug cartel member. Diana's lover. |
| 30 | Marvis | Miller | Quincy's brother. |
| 31 | Mosby | | The black prison guard. |
| | Crabtree | | The white prison guard. |
| 32 | Robert Earl | Lane | A man who was convicted for murder. |
| | Jon | Drummik | A man who killed his own grandmother. |
| | Adam | Stone | The prison guard. |
| | Odell | Hermann | The warden. |
| | Burch | | A lawyer. |
| 33 | Agnes | Nolton | An FBI special agent. |
| | Lujewski | | Agnes's colleague. |
| | Thagard | | An FBI special agent. |
| | Skip | DiLuca | A hired killer. Aka: Mayhall. |
| 35 | Chip | | Pfitzner's brother. |
| | Dip | | Pfitzner's brother. |
| 37 | Ramona | Taft | Kenny's sister. |
| | Vida | Taft | Kenny's mother. |
| | Riley | Taft | Kenny's nephew. |
| | Wendell | | Riley's cousin. |
| 40 | Bill | Cannon | A trial lawyer. |
| 41 | Mae | Lee | Bea's mother. |
| | Archie | | Glenn's friend. |
| 43 | Patrick | McCutcheon | The current elected prosecutor. A Seabrook lawyer. |
| 44 | Max | | Kyle's colleague. A fingerprint expert. |
| 47 | Cordell | Jollie | A medical malpractice assassin. Bill's partner. |
