The Staircase Documentary Cast

After eight years peterson was granted a new trial after the judge ruled a critical prosecution witness gave misleading testimony.

The staircase documentary cast. Its director jean. The 2004 documentary series the staircase is streaming on netflix with three new episodes rounding out the true crime thriller. Following from de lestrades oscar winning murder on a sunday morning filming began soon after petersons indictment. After peterson was tried and convicted of kathleens murder in 2003 le strade released the quietly devastating documentary the staircase a haunting chronicle of petersons trial that kept me glued to my chair when i first watched it despite its length it originally aired on the sundance channel in 2005 in eight installments and is well worth searching out and watching in its entirety.

The staircase arguably helped spawn all these shows but what characterizes it now 14 years after the release of its first eight episodes is a distinct feeling of passivity. Elizabeths daughters who continued to support the man they had always regarded as their father gave permission for their mothers body to be exhumed for further investigation. With michael peterson david rudolf ron guerette tom maher. During production sophie brunet editor of the staircase became romantically involved with peterson.

Also known as death on the staircase is a 2004 french television miniseries by jean xavier de lestrade documenting the trial of michael peterson convicted of murdering his wife kathleen peterson. A witness brings surprising levity to the stand the judge rules on an important matter. However the similar circumstances to the murder charge michael was facing cast new suspicion over elizabeths death. The case had been closed for years.

Michael iver peterson born october 23 1943 is an american novelist who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his second wife kathleen peterson on december 9 2001. The high profile murder trial of american novelist michael peterson following the death of his wife in 2001. The prosecution presents its case while the defense strives to cast a reasonable doubt within the minds of the jury. Heres what to know.