(Note: This post contains spoilers for later episodes of Netflix’s true crime documentary “The Staircase.” You might want to finish it before reading on.)
The big turning point in “The Staircase” is when Mike Peterson, after being convicted of murdering his wife Katherine and serving eight years in prison, gets a chance at a new trial. That’s because something major has changed: an expert who testified against him lost his credibility.
Duane Deaver, formerly an agent in the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, testified about blood spatter analysis at Peterson’s trial, but a newspaper expose revealed that Deaver and other Sbi agents had misrepresented evidence in more than 200 cases. The big one was that of Greg Taylor who, thanks to Deaver’s testimony, was convicted of a murder he didn’t commit and spent almost 17 years in prison.
Also Read: 'The Staircase': What Happened...
The big turning point in “The Staircase” is when Mike Peterson, after being convicted of murdering his wife Katherine and serving eight years in prison, gets a chance at a new trial. That’s because something major has changed: an expert who testified against him lost his credibility.
Duane Deaver, formerly an agent in the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, testified about blood spatter analysis at Peterson’s trial, but a newspaper expose revealed that Deaver and other Sbi agents had misrepresented evidence in more than 200 cases. The big one was that of Greg Taylor who, thanks to Deaver’s testimony, was convicted of a murder he didn’t commit and spent almost 17 years in prison.
Also Read: 'The Staircase': What Happened...
- 6/26/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
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