Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.
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A well-made documentary that follows Mike Peterson and his defense team. It is obviously biased toward them. However from what I could see it did show both the defense and the prosecutions facts and claims throughout the trial, therefore the viewer can still make up their own mind by looking at the facts. [spoiler]It is pretty clear, to me, that he did not kill his wife. I did even go into this thinking that he was guilty(without much knowledge of the case though) but there were no evidence that, for me, spoke to his guilt in any way or form. And then the absolute incompetence and ill will from the prosecution, police involved and forensic lab workers...?! Baffling.[/spoiler]
We enjoyed it initially but as it progressed we found ourselves skipping a lot of the monologues and the family discussions because it was so very biased. The final speech by the sister of the dead wife was brilliant and quite telling, including a scathing reference to this "documentary". My wife and I felt almost like accomplices by watching it which made us feel uncomfortable. (NB. We came to the conclusion that he did it so we were biased also).
AH, so good. I like how its really unbiased in how they portray him, because it allows you to feel the uncertainty that others felt watching the case.
Better than a movie. Absolutely incredible and mesmerizing. I loved it both from the sentimental point of view and as a legal drama aswell
Absolutely gripping. A story of life, love, death, family, and justice. Made me cry and laugh.