Murder on a Sunday Morning

Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

Un coupable idéal

2001 French documentary about the murder trial of a 15 year old black teen accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida. Winner of 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Date of release
2001-09-14
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (65)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Crime, Documentary
Director
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

Murder on a Sunday Morning is a 2001 documentary film directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The documentary explores the Brenton Butler case, in which a fifteen-year-old African-American boy was wrongfully accused and tried for murder in Jacksonville, Florida.

Background

In Jacksonville, Florida, on the morning of Sunday, May 7, 2000, a tourist Mary Stephens was murdered outside of a Ramada Inn by an unknown young African-American man. On that same morning, fifteen-year-old Brenton Butler was stopped and questioned by police as he was walking past the crime scene, which was not far from his house.

Butler was arrested, and interrogated for twelve hours without the presence of his parents or a lawyer. He signed a confession. No other suspects were pursued and Butler was charged and tried for murder without any physical evidence against him. At trial, the prosecution's case was based solely on the positive eyewitness identification and Butler's signed confession, which Butler later testified he had signed due to physical coercion by police.

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