Although I'm glad she's doing something good with her life now, this documentary doesn't make me believe she got a bad deal to begin with.
So, lies apparently run in the family, making me less likely to believe her version of events (& I really wanted to). Her biological mother claimed that her mother killed herself. I think she said she blew her chest away with a shotgun. Later in the doc, however, this NOT DEAD woman is interviewed. How did the editors miss this?
The lawyers argued that, because she has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, she's mildly retarded and deserves clemency. When that didn't work, they later argue that, because of her 4.0 GPA in college, she should get clemency. So, which is it?
None of the information presented in the documentary disputed the most damning evidence of all, the coroner's report. That report showed that the victim was most likely sleeping when he was shot in the back. Also, there was no gun for him to be reaching for, as her defense claimed. It's good that she didn't get another trial because it would've ended with another guilty verdict.
