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Title: The Staircase II: The Last Chance
Release Date: 15 Nov 2012
Runtime: 2h 10m
Genre: Documentary
Director: What's Up Films, VPRO
Production Companies: What's Up Films, VPRO
Overview: Explosive developments - implicating both the forensics laboratory of the police department of North Carolina, and Duane Deaver, its chief - shed new light on the case of murder suspect Michael Peterson.
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