| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 50 sec.) ; 319369263 bytes |
| Summary |
Sin City Law covers four true crime cases, each presented across two episodes. It offers a 360 degree perspective on each case featuring interviews with prosecutors, public defenders, killers, victims, family members and investigators. Courtroom footage is juxtaposed with behind-the-scenes segments - including how to shop for an outfit for an alleged killer on trial.This week focuses on brother and sister teenage meth-heads, Beau and Monique Maestas of Nevada, who set out to take revenge on a duplicitous drug dealer. Armed with knives, they attacked the woman's two young daughters, killing one and leaving the other paralysed for life.Beau pleads guilty, hoping to save his sister from a serious charge. Three years later, Beau's penalty hearing is about to begin, and Chief Deputy District Attorney David Schwartz and District Attorney David Roger are seeking the death penalty.With their client's life at stake, Beau's defence attorneys must persuade the jury to consider the case's mitigating circumstances, particularly the horrific childhood the Maestas children suffered with their abusive, drug-dealing mother and father - the latter a convicted murderer.Monique's attorneys, Special Public Defenders David Schieck and Alzora Jackson, are paying close attention to Beau's trial while preparing for Monique's trial, which will immediately follow Beau's. Working with an investigator and Monique's older sister, Jackson delves into the dark details of the Maestas' family life.PRODUCTION DETAILS: Produced by Denis Poncet and Jean Xavier de Lestrade for Arte & Sundance Channel |
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Broadcast 2010-05-10 at 23:35:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Brothers and sisters.
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Capital punishment -- U.S. states.
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Murderers -- Psychology.
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Trials (Murder)
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Nevada -- Mesquite.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Burkel, Remy, director
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