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‘The Staircase’: Director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade on Michael Peterson, Owls, and More

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The story of novelist Michael Peterson, convicted of murdering his wife Kathleen in 2001, takes yet another strange turn as he gets his shot at an appeal and a possible overturn of his guilty verdict, captured in the two-part sequel to the riveting documentary ‘The Staircase.’ Director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade offers his take on Peterson’s story and the possibility of justice finally being served.

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