Rating **** How to make a serial killer – that about sums up this intriguing six-part documentary series on HBO. The series centers around author Michelle McNamara's writing and eventual publication of the book I'll Be Gone in the Dark, which is about a serial rapist and murderer nicknamed the … [Read more...] about Review of the HBO docuseries I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Review of Showtime’s docuseries Outcry
Review of Outcry directed by Pat Kondelis Rating ***** When it comes to wrongful convictions, all it takes is the breakdown of just one step in the criminal justice system. A detective looking to close a case can coerce a false confession. A prosecutor can bring charges that the evidence … [Read more...] about Review of Showtime’s docuseries Outcry
Review of The Innocent Files
This Netflix documentary series takes an in-depth look at nine different wrongful convictions. The common theme in all of these wrongful convictions is Prosecutorial misconduct and eyewitness misidentifications. If you are a juror and someone you deem as credible gets on the stand and points at a … [Read more...] about Review of The Innocent Files
Review of How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Rating ***** This four-part Netflix docuseries tells the story of two crime lab technicians who, for different reasons, indirectly caused the dismissal of some 35,000 drug-related criminal cases in Massachusets. Some of the other topics covered include prosecutorial misconduct, sentencing … [Read more...] about Review of How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Review of Tiger King
Review of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and MadnessRating ***** Joe Exotic wanted to be famous. The self-absorbed owner of the private zoo Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park had grandiose dreams. One day the whole world would know his name. He ran for president. After getting nowhere in that … [Read more...] about Review of Tiger King
Review of the Netflix Docuseries The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
Rating ***** An eight-year-old boy dies from suspicious circumstances. Who is responsible? The mother and her boyfriend? Social workers, who failed to do the proper follow-ups? Police officers, who did a cursory investigation when alerted to possible child abuse? Those are some of the questions … [Read more...] about Review of the Netflix Docuseries The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez