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AMERICAN INJUSTICE

Dokumentation

AMERIKANISCHES (UN)RECHT(American Injustice)

October, 1986…. two businessmen die in a hail of gunfire in room 1215 of the Dupont Plaza Hotel in Miami. A successful entrepreneur from London is arrested. He had the weapon, motive and opportunity, and even provided investigators with a false alibi. Surprisingly, there was even an eyewitness in the victims’ room. However, the witness lied. The victims were not respectable businessmen, but money launderers for drug cartels. Even the Miami police and prosecutors lied in the process. The judge offered to fix the case for the defendant, in exchange for 50,000 USD. Not only had the London entrepreneur not shot the victims, he wasn’t even in Miami at the time of the murder. But that didn’t matter. “Justice” had triumphed, and ever since, Krishna Maharaj has been in prison for more than 27 years…

documentary

Time

45 min.

Director

Peter F. Müller

Producer

Peter F. Müller, Kadir Sözen

Co-Producer

Barbara Schmitz

Camera

Andi Pattke, Klaus Sturm

Production

Filmfabrik GmbH

Broadcasted

20.10.2014

Network

WDR