Marjorie Estiano plays Inez Franco, the law professor at the center of Habeas Corpus. Inez forms a criminal-review group to examine Jonathan’s conviction, bringing five students into a case that becomes increasingly personal for everyone involved.
The Netflix legal drama builds its tension through that group rather than through Inez alone. Each character has a different reason to keep digging, and the people around the case expose the pressure that can sit behind a supposedly settled verdict.
- Release: 2026
- Episodes: 8
- Genre: Legal drama
- Streaming on: Netflix
Marjorie Estiano leads the case as Inez Franco
Estiano’s Inez is a respected professor and former criminal lawyer. Her work with the review group is shaped by an earlier case that left her carrying guilt. When she takes on Jonathan’s conviction, the investigation puts her back in conflict with the legal world she had tried to leave behind.
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Inez is not simply a mentor handing out an assignment. Netflix describes the case as one that tests her ethics, professional relationships and capacity for repair. That gives the professor a direct stake in the outcome alongside her students.
Any Gabrielly’s Marina has a private reason to join
Any Gabrielly plays Marina, a brilliant scholarship student who enters Inez’s group with a secret mission. She wants to prove her mother’s innocence and hold Inez accountable for a past wrong, but her growing connection with the professor complicates that plan.
Jonathan is played by Hypólito. His conviction becomes the group’s first major test, placing him at the center of the investigation even as the students uncover connections that reach beyond his case.
The lawyers and students widen the conflict
Vladimir Brichta plays Murilo Villar, Inez’s ex-husband and a criminal lawyer whose professional position puts him on the other side of the dispute. Danton Mello plays Pedro Borrmann, a former partner of Inez and father to Bernardo, one of her students.
Luiza Gabus plays Raquel, Nicolas Lee plays Kim, Pedro Roza plays Lima and Felipe Ricca plays Bernardo. Together with Marina, they form the student side of Inez’s review group. Marisa Orth plays detective Cristina Ogino, known as Tina, while Natália Lage, Naruna Costa, Renata Gaspar, Tato Gabus Mendes and others round out the ensemble.
The cast makes the show’s legal question feel personal from several directions: students searching for proof, lawyers protecting interests and a professor trying to correct an old failure. Which character’s role changed your view of the case most? Tell us in the comments.
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