As riveting as any episode of
Law and Order, this Academy Award-winning documentary, which aired as part of HBO's part of its
America Undercover series, doesn't need to punch up its presentation of a tragic miscarriage of justice: The facts speak for themselves. In May of 2000, elderly vacationers James and Mary Ann Stephens were having breakfast at a Ramada Inn in Jacksonville, Florida. They were robbed by a young African-American man, who fatally shot Mrs. Stephens at close range. Innocent, 15-year-old Brenton Butler became a convenient scapegoat for law enforcement officials under pressure to make a quick arrest. Even though Butler didn't fit the ori...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
111 mins