Made for Epix, airing May 23rd in the US.
Season 1. Episode 2.
The story: On April 29, 1980, Carl Drew - known to many as a violent pimp with many ties around Fall River is arrested and told he is being arrested for parole violations.
After the 15 day waiting period to have his hearing, Carl finds himself on trial, being charged with the murder of Karen Marsten.
Even though Doreen Levesques' murder had not yet been solved, Carl was not tried for that but rather her murder was used as evidence in connection to why he killed Karen, even though there was no actual physical evidence that he was involved in either of the murders.
Due to a few witness statements as well as the star witness Robin Murphy, a 17-year-old local pimp with a reputation for being violent, Carl is charged with first-degree murder on March 13, 1981.
Robin claimed to be the one who actually killed Karen and with a plea deal from the DA, Karen was given a second-degree sentence which has the possibility of parole.
The Satanic aspect of the whole case had no significance whatsoever other than what Robin had claimed was the reason why she was forced to kill Karen.
But in the early to mid-80s, the US was in a widespread "Satanic Panic", which people were believing in, no matter how ridiculous.
Years later, after Paul Carey, one of the three investigative policemen who worked the case retired, he began collecting and going over all of the paperwork on the case.
Paul believed in Drew's innocence and went on to get new, undamning evidence from people who testified in the initial case.
A year after Drew's attorney began his effort to repeal Carl's case due to all this new evidence Robin Murphy was up for parole.
At her parole hearing in 2004, she said that she had initially lied in her testimony against Carl Drew.
Her new claim was that Carl nor herself were either to blame for Karen Marsten's murder and that she wished the truth would come out.
Robin Murphy was then paroled...
Stars Carl Drew, Maureen Boyle, Michael Cutler, Alan Silvia, Chris Hayes, Michelle McPhee, Margo Charigbliss, Seth Andrews, Meghan Goodwin, Alan Alves, Paul Carey, Thomas Joaquim, Courtney Kenyon
Directed by James Buddy Day
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/SERIES
"The easiest story to remember is the truth."
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