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Murder on a Sunday Morning is a film of genre Documentary directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade released in USA on 14 september 2001

Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

Murder on a Sunday Morning
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Murder on a Sunday Morning (French: Un coupable idéal) is a documentary film by French filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. Its subject is the Brenton Butler case, a criminal case in which a fifteen-year-old boy was wrongfully accused of murder. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002.

Brenton Butler was arrested and tried for the 2000 murder of a tourist in Jacksonville, Florida. The prosecution's case relied heavily upon a positive identification made by the victim's husband, and on Butler's confession, which the teen claimed was coerced. The film follows Butler's defense team building their case for his innocence.

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Brenton Butler, un adolescent noir âgé d'une quinzaine d'années, est accusé du meurtre d'une touriste blanche en mai 2000 à Jacksonville, en Floride. Ses avocats Patrick McGuiness et Ann Finnell vont se battre contre les méthodes quelque peu discutables de la police locale.

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