The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006)

Directors:
Ricki Stern
Anne Sundberg

U avgustu 1984. brutalno je silovana i ubijena bela novinarka lokalnog lista u jednom gradicu u North Carolini. Po telefonskoj dojavi svedoka koji se lazno predstavio, pocinilac je bio crnac, i skroz suludim sticajem okolnosti, policija pod pritiskom medija hapsi mladog crnca Darryla Hunta i tada krece jedno od najbizarnijih sudjenja koje se pretvara u mucni proces koji je trajao cak 2 decenije. Policija u totalnom nedostatku dokaza podmece lazne svedoke, a posto je North Carolina na americkom jugu tu se ukljucuje i rasizam, tako da Darryl biva osudjen na dozivotnu robiju za nesto sto je u startu bilo jasno da nije ucinio. Posle par godina bas zbog takvog jalovog sudjenja vrhovni sud ponistava presudu i sudjenje se ponavlja, ali zatucana porota, sastavljena iskljuchivo od belaca, i pored izostanka bilo kakvih konkretnih dokaza, a pod uticajem tuzioca koji ih hvata iskljuchivo na emocije, izjashnjava se da je Darryl kriv i ponovo ga osudjuju na dozivotnu. E tu tek nastaje prava drama, u proces se ukljucuju i Darrylovi prijatelji pa i borci za ljudska prava, a autori ovog dokumentarca pocinju aktivno da prate slucaj tamo negde od '93 kada je vrhovni sud odbio zalbu Darrylove odbrane gde ga cak i DNK analiza iskljuchuje kao moguceg pocinioca. Svima je jasno da je Darryl nevin ali policija ne bi bila policija kada bi priznala da je napravila gresku, i covek provodi ladno 20 godina u zatvoru da bi se na kraju ispostavilo sta se vec ispostavilo. Pravi CRIME dokumentarac HBO produkcije, moze opusteno da se kaze odma' iza Paradise Losta, i dzaba svi dokazi, dzaba zdrav razum, kad upadnes u to vrzino kolo americkog pravosudja gde porota odlucuje, tuzioci sebi nemilosrdno skupljaju poene, a policija ko mafija stiti svoje ljude, tu uvek strada na prvom mestu pravda, a nevini ljudi robijaju godinama i mnogi zivoti bivaju upropasceni. Najpotresniji detalj u ovom fimu je kada vidite Darryla kako je izgledao ko klinac kada su ga uhapsili i kako je izgledao kada su ga konacno oslobodili posle 20 mrtvih godina, i jeste chinjenica da ova prica ima kakav takav hepi end al' brate 20 godina robije bukvalno nizasta totalno ubija u pojam. (106 min)

IMDB

"The Trials of Darryl Hunt is a feature documentary about a brutal rape/murder case and a wrongly convicted man, Darryl Hunt, who spent nearly twenty years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Both a social justice story and a personally driven narrative, the film chronicles this capital case from 1984 through 2004. With exclusive footage from two decades, the film frames the judicial and emotional response to a chilling crime - and the implications that reverberate from Hunt's conviction - against a backdrop of class and racial bias in the South and in the American criminal justice system. This documentary is the culmination of ten years of research and filming. In 1993, inspired by claims of injustice and police conspiracy, the filmmakers began to shoot in North Carolina. Working from a mix of formats (16mm and 24P video) the film melds the visceral reality of a murder case with first person accounts and cinematic imagery, illuminating perceptions and memories of events as they unfolded for the people closest to this haunting story. This unique look at one man's loss and redemption challenges the assumption that all Americans have the right to unbiased justice. Hunt's story - while one man's personal journey - reflects systemic issues of national concern: cross-racial eyewitness identification, prosecutorial misconduct, inexperienced defense attorneys assigned to capital cases, racial bias in death penalty cases and errors in police procedure. Barry Scheck from The Innocence Project, who worked on Hunt's case for ten years, and Gary Wells, professor and eyewitness expert, offer concrete examples where errors occurred in Hunt's saga and offer future remedies and effective ideas to prevent future "Darryl Hunts." Hunt himself addresses the need for systemic reforms to prevent wrongful convictions, underscoring the haunting reality that Hunt could have been sentenced to death and we would never have known this story."

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