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Summary Of Monster And The Documentary Murder On A Sunday Morning

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In the novel Monster and the Documentary Murder on a Sunday Morning the crime at hand was essentially robbery that ended in a death over it and those supposed criminals know stand trial. Even Though, the base of both stories is felony murder they are not identical cases. In the novel Mr. Nesbitt was the owner of a convenience store in Harlem. He was robbed by two assailants and by the end of it he was shot and killed for some money and cigarettes cartons. In the Documentary Mrs. Stephens was with her husband at a Bed and Breakfast on a sunday morning in Jacksonville. Her and her husband was robbed that morning by an unknown assailant who shot and killed Mrs. Stephens for her purse. Both crimes ended in a tragic death of either the owner of a store or owner of a purse. Steve Harmon, James King, Osvaldo Cruz and Richard Evans are on trial for felony murder where Steve harmon was arrested five months after the crime was committed around Christmas time in the novel. By the end of the trial Steve harmon was cleared of all charges, Richard Evans is still in jail and James King was charged . Similarly when Brenton Butler was on trial for felony murder and was arrested for this two hours after the fact as the documentary exclaims. He was the only suspect and was trialed for it but …show more content…

Nesbitt. Nesbitt pulled a gun and King took it from him and shot Nesbitt with his own gun. James was sentenced 25 to life. Presented in the documentary, after they released Butler from custody they didn't catch the guy who actually killed Mrs. Stephens till a year later. To get a reduced sentence one of the fellow inmates in his cell ratted on the killer in the same cell because he told them whole story of how he shot her because she called him a name as she was being robbed. The killer was sentenced to the Death Penalty. In a way they both confessed and brought to justice to the murders one directly and the other a little more

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