A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
Direction
Berlinger and Sinofsky embed themselves in chaos
Editing
150 minutes that feel like a slow-motion car crash
Director
Bruce Sinofsky
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This film basically invented the modern true crime documentary boom. Without it, no Making a Murderer, no Serial, no weekly podcast about basement skeletons.
Metallica licensed their music for free—the first time ever—because James Hetfield believed in the cause. 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)' never hit harder.
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Hands down the best documentaries I have ever seen. Thank god for HBO and all the lawyers that got involved in this case.
@PrettyGreenBudd 17
These three boys were released back in August. What surprises me the most is that the prosecution (police) don't care about finding the truth, only for a conviction of these three young men and these police officers are supposed to be the "good guys", the ones that stand for justice...
@blackyblackblack505 7
The Parents don't even believe they are guilty any more. It's a shame they ever went to trial.
@joycloud 9
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