By Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Defending Jacob,” streaming now on Apple TV Plus.
William Landay’s 2012 novel “Defending Jacob” never definitively answered whether or not the titular character committed the crimes of which he was accused, but it did provide a close-ended story for the teenager, who was killed in a car crash his mother caused.
Mark Bomback’s limited series adaptation for Apple TV Plus left even more open to interpretation. Laurie Barber (played by Michelle Dockery), wracked with nerves and fear that her son may have actually stabbed his classmate to death, sped down a slippery road and crashed the car that carried her son Jacob (Jaeden Martell) as a
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