Murder on a Sunday Morning

Murder on a Sunday Morning
by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

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• Beating out some of the most poignant and powerful films of the last decade, this gripping, edge-of-your-seat whodunit catapulted to the top of "must see" lists everywhere when it emerged to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A mesmerizi Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES Rating: NR Age: 767685954034 UPC: 767685954034 Manufacturer No: NVG-

Movie Reviews of Murder on a Sunday Morning

Movie Review: EVERY JUROR IN A CAPITAL CASE SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE
Summary: 5 Stars

There are so many things that jurors should be made aware of ahead of time before judging a case. From this documentary it would be 1) not all police are honest; 2) some police are ruthless; 3) not all signed confessions are the truth (forced extractions are just one of several reasons why); 4) not all murder investigations are thorough; 5) and eye-witness accounts and identifications are not always accurate.

At the end of the trial when the lawyer for the prosecution was summing up, she said (and I paraphrase) "We have an eye-witness that says this young man did it. That is the only proof you need of his guilt." That woman was lying and she should have been called on the carpet right then and there for it. First of all the witness could have been lying (but I don't think he was, in this particular case) and second he could have been wrong. Time and time again eye witness testimony has been proven to be wrong even though the witness is not actively lying. I have to believe every officer of the law and every officer of the court knows this. Why was she allowed to say that and get by with it? In this case, it is a comfort to know that she didn't get by with it.

Thank God for this particular Public Defender and his crew who not only believed their client was innocent, but were intelligent and savvy enough to find the flaws in the State's case.

Thank God for the jury. Not all juries would have been so smart or unbiased.

Thank God for director de Lestrade and his crew for being at the right place at the right time. We as a nation need to be made aware of the underbelly of law enforcement. Night after night on channel after tv channel we are told about all the criminals out there and their dastardly crimes. We are all becoming paranoid which could make us even more eager to put away every unsavory and unsavory-looking person out there.

Thank God for the defendants' family who were whole (in so many
ways) and who stood by him every step of the way.

We need to be careful, vigilant, and demanding of excellence in all things that we do, not the least of which is in seeing that justice is done. In the Old Testament of the Bible , the single most prevalent concept is Justice. We need to remember that punishment is not any part of Justice, if there is no Truth.

Summary of Murder on a Sunday Morning