The Hulu drama casts Grace Van Patten as the infamous victim of wrongful conviction in a series that's best when it pushes past the headlines.

Amanda Knox's wrongful murder conviction in Italy is back in the spotlight as a new Hulu limited series, "The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox" premieres on Aug. 20. Grace Van Patten portrays Knox in the eight-episode series, in which Knox is an executive producer alongside her husband, Christopher Robinson, and Monica Lewinsky.

The latest example is The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, a new Hulu series starring Grace Van Patten as the 20-year-old American college student, who, while studying abroad in Italy, was wrongfully accused of the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in November 2007.