Murder On A Sunday Morning Sparknotes

Response to the “Murder on a Sunday Morning”
The Monday on a Sunday Morning is a documentary that tells a story of the murder of 65-year-old Mary Ann Stephens, a white tourist, who came to Florida with her husband. Its plot is focused on the court proceedings of this case and mistakes detectives made during the investigation. The husband, James Stevens, saw Mary Ann was shot by an African American young man; and he identified the criminal as a 15-year-old Brenton Butler, when he saw him during the trip on the police car. The teenager was arrested. He signed the confession and the case was sent to the jury court. But here Pat McGuinness, the public defender, was able to prove the boy was forced to sign a confession, and detectives did not make appropriate efforts to investigate this crime. McGuinness highlighted there were not any direct evidences and policemen were prejudiced. The lawyer’s efforts helped to convince the jury of Butler’s innocence; after all the real shooter was found. The man confessed voluntarily and there were direct evidences against him. Brenton

Policemen were only people who should be blamed in Butler’s case. James Stevens pointed on him, but it was a forgivable mistake of a shocked man. He saw a young, healthy-lean African-American man, and his brain recognized the shooter by mentioning a familiar image. The same thing could happen with a Hispanic or white teenager with a specific bodily composition or outlook. This documentary evokes fear, as it suggests people of different social groups are unprotected against the police abuse. It was the African-American teenager here, but in a different district or other circumstances the victim could be a middle-aged “redneck” or a former female drug