Murder On A Sunday Morning Summary

Critical Analysis of Murder on a Sunday Morning Murder on a Sunday Morning show how cruel, racially bias, and unjust the criminal justice system is to people of color. In the documentary of Murder on a Sunday Morning we are shown exactly how the Criminal Justice system operates and how it effects people of color. On May 7th, 2000 Brenton Butler who is a 15 year old black boy was accused of the murder of a women in Jacksonville, Florida. Butler was quickly identified with no investigation by the victim’s husband. They were white, middle aged tourists from Georgia staying at a motel. The victim, Mary Ann Stephens, was shot in the head at point blank range. When the police arrived at the scene, her husband quickly identified the “suspect” who ran away with her purse as over six feet tall, 20-25, and skinny. About 2 ½ hours after the murder, Butler (a young black male) was walking nearby in

Exposure time, post- event information, discrepancies between Gauci’s initial description and Al- Megrahi’s appearance, photo based information. Recollection of events based on memory is almost impossible to date since there are many factors that contribute to one memory changing. Gauci first identification of Al- Megrahi occurred two years after the clothing purchase. That is a long period that went by without seeing someone that you are possibly incriminating. Memory fades or changes over a long period of time which makes it easier for witness memories to be changed or distorted. Just like the victim husband in the Brenton Butler case. As time passes by memory can be influenced by post events contamination. Gauci recollection was changing to be more in line with Al- Megrahi’s physical features. This is a result of “hindsight bias” which is when people believe that their current recollection is the exact momory that they had