overview : 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.

First Air Date : Oct 07, 2004

Last Air Date : Jun 08, 2018

Runtime : 49m

Episodes : 13

Seasons : 1

Genre : Documentary,Crime,

Companies : Maha Productions

Countries : FR

Keywords : true crime, falling down stairs, wife murder, murder trial, mysterious death