The Staircase (2004)

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Synopsis

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.

Keywords

true crime, falling down stairs, wife murder, murder trial, mysterious death.

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Main cast

Michael Peterson

as Self

Ron Guerette

as Self

Tom Maher

as Self

David Rudolf

as Self

Bill Peterson

as Self

Official trailer