Green, sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder, first-degree armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, has done some awful things. The whole mess plays out like a John Grisham novel with protagonists such as the sheriff whose illegitimate son is a drug trafficker in a county in which a judicial candidate vowing reform is murdered before winning his election. “As far as the exact details of what transpired on that night,” Perniciaro said, “there’s maybe only one or two living people that know exactly what happened beat-for-beat that night, and they are not willing to tell that story.” Even the jurors who convicted Green thought so, though the documentary doesn’t revisit any of them.

One thing on which Green has remained steadfast: He says he wasn’t the gunman.īut the official story, the one that pegged Green as the triggerman largely on the testimony of partner-in-crime Larry Demery, who cut a plea bargain for reduced punishment, doesn’t seem to hold up. Key figures’ stories have changed, sometimes several times, and they don’t mesh.

If you’re looking to know what exactly happened on that summer 1993 night, you won’t find it here.

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