Accused Season 2 adds Sonequa Martin-Green, Mike Colter and more

EXCLUSIVE: Sonequa Martin-Green, Mike Colter, Jamie Chung, Sherri Saum and Kiara Barnes have joined the second season of Fox's crime procedural Accused.

Martin-Green and Colter will headline the finale, titled “Megan's Story,” as Megan and John, respectively. Barnes plays Eve in the same episode in which a music executive's marriage to her husband is threatened by a beautiful seductress.

Chung will play the character Grace in Eugene's Story and Saum will play the character Erica in Justin's Story.

In “Eugene's Story,” a kind-hearted jewelry store owner is brought to justice after his wife's past throws her present into chaos. In “Justin's Story,” a wrestling coach faces trial after pushing his star wrestler too far.

The new cast joins some heavyweights previously announced for season two, including Felicity Huffman, Taylor Schilling, Patrick J. Adams, William H. Macy, Justin Chambers, Danny Pino and Nick Cannon. Michael Chiklis also returns in front of and behind the camera after appearing in the premiere and directing a later episode of the first season.

Accused was developed for American television by Howard Gordon, who serves as executive producer along with Gordon, Alex Gansa, David Shore, Erin Gunn and Daniel Pearle. Gordon and Pearle serve as co-showrunners. Milan Cheylov, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Jacob Cohen-Holmes of All3Media America, Jimmy McGovern, Sita Williams, Roxy Spencer and Louise Pedersen for All3Media International, also EP.

The series is a collection of intense, contemporary human stories about crime and punishment. Told in flashback from the defendant's perspective, each episode is a fast-paced, provocative thriller that focuses on a different crime in a different city with an entirely original cast.

Accused Season 2 premieres October 8th on Fox.