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The Staircase

Specials 2005 - 2013
TV-MA

  • Canal+
  • 46m
  • 1h 35m (2 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, Crime
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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13 episodes

Special 1 About Kathleen

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Special 1 About Kathleen

  • no air date — 49m

2005-07-17T13:00:00Z

Special 2 BBC - Death on the Staircase, The Aftermath

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Special 2 BBC - Death on the Staircase, The Aftermath

  • 2005-07-17T13:00:00Z — 49m

Reactions to the verdict of the Michael Peterson murder trial from the District Attorney, the defense team, and the filmmaker who documented the proceedings.

Special 3 BBC - Rankin on the Staircase

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Special 3 BBC - Rankin on the Staircase

  • no air date — 49m

Special 4 Defense Strategy Meeting

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Special 4 Defense Strategy Meeting

  • no air date — 49m

Special 5 Interview with Caitlan

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Special 5 Interview with Caitlan

  • no air date — 49m

Special 6 Interview with Kathleen's Close friends

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Special 6 Interview with Kathleen's Close friends

  • no air date — 49m

Special 7 Michael Peterson Post Verdict Interview

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Special 7 Michael Peterson Post Verdict Interview

  • no air date — 49m

Special 8 Quotes from Margaret and Martha

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Special 8 Quotes from Margaret and Martha

  • no air date — 49m

Special 9 Testing 911 Call Focus Group

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Special 9 Testing 911 Call Focus Group

  • no air date — 49m

Special 10 Step by Step : The Making of

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Special 10 Step by Step : The Making of

  • no air date — 49m

Special 11 The Computer Virus

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Special 11 The Computer Virus

  • no air date — 46m

Special 12 Filmmaker Insights

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Special 12 Filmmaker Insights

  • no air date — 46m

2013-01-30T14:00:00Z

Special 13 The Last Chance

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Special 13 The Last Chance

  • 2013-01-30T14:00:00Z — 46m

Explosive developments - implicating both the forensics laboratory of the police department of North Carolina, and Duane Deaver, its chief - recently saw the convicted subject of 'The Staircase', Michael Peterson, released from jail after serving eight years of a life sentence, pending a retrial.

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