The Staircase

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.

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Top of the call sheet

• M
  Michael Peterson
  as Self
• R
  Ron Guerette
  as Self
• T
  Tom Maher
  as Self
• D
  David Rudolf
  as Self
• B
  Bill Peterson
  as Self

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