AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Joe Sexton tests doubt in HBO documentary on Dana Chandler
HBO’s “A Killer Story” revisits Dana Chandler’s overturned murder conviction, while Joe Sexton examines how certainty can outlast a damaged prosecution. Dana Chandler’s original conviction gave way to a new trial and a 7-5 hung jury, leaving the killings of Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness unresolved. Sisco, Chandler’s ex-husband, and Harkness, his girlfriend, were killed […] The post Joe Sexton tests doubt in HBO documentary on Dana Chandler appeared first on American Almanac .
HBO’s “A Killer Story” revisits Dana Chandler’s overturned murder conviction, while Joe Sexton examines how certainty can outlast a damaged prosecution. Dana Chandler’s original conviction gave way to a new trial and a 7-5 hung jury, leaving the killings of Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness unresolved. Sisco, Chandler’s ex-husband, and Harkness, his girlfriend, were killed in Topeka, Kansas, in 2002. Chandler was later found guilty in connection with their deaths. “A Killer Story,” directed by Matthew Galkin, follows investigative journalist Joe Sexton as he examines the case, its disputed evidence and the people consumed by it. The larger issue reaches beyond one defendant. When a prosecution breaks down under court review,…Open
