Murder On A Sunday Morning Sparknotes

Murder on a Sunday Morning Growing up in prison for a crime one did not commit is a tragic occurrence. This is almost what happened to Brenton Butler in the documentary Murder on a Sunday Morning. The documentary follows the defence lawyer, Patrick McGuiness, as he defends Brenton in his trial. Brenton is accused of killing a sixtyfive year-old woman at the Ramada Inn in Jacksonville, Florida on May 7, 2000. Brenton stated that he is being unfairly tried because he was forced to sign a confession statement. The police on the case used racial profiling to determine that it was Brenton who shot the woman. The police departments throughout the United States should spend more time and effort towards every investigation and not discriminate based …show more content…
When first questioned, the husband stated that the killer was twenty to twentyfive years-old, African-American, over six feet in height, and skinny. He also stated that the killer was wearing a darker shirt with no logo on the shirt. Brenton Butler is about 5’9” and is only fifteen years-old. He was also wearing a shirt with the logo that said Nautica on it. The description did not match Brenton beside the fact that his is African-American. The husband then lied on the stand and changed his statement to say that he was wearing a logo. This racial discrimination by the husband and police department is horrific. The police wanted to finish this case, and did not care what it took to do that. They took Brenton into the woods because that is where he supposedly threw the gun. The detectives made him look for the gun, and Brenton had no idea where it would be. The police then proceeded to attack Brenton by punching him in the gut twice and in the face below his eye. This show just how corrupt the justice system is. They should have never taken him there nor physically hurt him in anyway. They were trying to push him into confessing to a crime he did not