Trailer for "Shadow of Truth: The Decision" (HOT8)
The series "Shadow of Truth" returns in a new fifth episode which will be called "The Decision" and will include the first in-depth interview with Roman Zdorov.
The episode, also created by Yotam Gendelman, Ari Pines and Mika Timur, will be broadcast on HOT8 with the verdict.
About 15 years after he was convicted of murdering Tair Rada and sentenced to life imprisonment, Zadorov's request for a retrial was accepted and he was released to house arrest, from where he waged his fight in the retrial.
Zadorov, who was in prison until recently, will present in his own voice his version of the events that took place according to him from the day of the murder until now, and will try to explain why he confessed to the murder if he supposedly had nothing to do with it?
At the same time, the chapter will also deal with the evidence that led to Zadorov's retrial and the investigative failures that were discovered during it.
"I also thought like this: there is no such thing, it is impossible for a man to confess to a murder he did not commit," says Zadorov in the episode.
"I thought, but until you go through it in your blood and in your skin, you won't feel it and you won't understand it. It's a mistake because I should have been stronger, to go with my truth to the end, but I didn't know. Donkey, love sitting Here. I was as naive as a child. But it's better to be naive and stupid and serious and disgraced instead of a murderer."
In addition to the interview with Zadorov, there will be interviews with Dr. Chen Kogel, former head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, who will respond to the cross-examination by the prosecutor's office; Zadorov's attorney, attorney Yarom Halevi;
And the former deputy head of the Shin Bet Yitzhak Ilan, which was the last interview he gave in his life, before he died of Corona.
"I was naive."
Zadorov (Photo: HOT8)
"The Zadorov case preoccupies the Israeli public more than any other criminal case, but most of the public who follow the case find it difficult to find their way around the evidence and revelations that emerged in the retrial," Pines and Gendelman said.
"Therefore, our main goal in the new chapter is first of all to put order in the case, to explain to the public why a retrial is taking place, what was discovered during it and why these revelations are important for the investigation of the truth. Alongside this, we see great importance in Zadorov being able to tell for the first time why he confessed to the murder that he claims he did not commit He did. The fact that Zadorov's interrogations were fully documented, along with the days and nights he spent in the holding cell with dubbing, allows us as creators to deconstruct the police investigation, show the viewers what was the dynamic that led to the confession, thumbs up, and let them decide if they believe it or not."
The series "Shadow of Truth" received many reviews.
Former state attorney Shai Nitzan called the series "a danger to democracy."
Last year, the documentary film "Heavy Shadow" by director Ido Har was broadcast, in which the story of Ola Kravchenko, who stood behind the initials AK. According to the filmmaker, the creators of "Shadow of Truth" behaved dishonestly and irresponsibly towards her. In November 2021, she submitted Ola Karavchenko filed a 5.4 million NIS defamation lawsuit against the creators of "Shadow of Truth", Ari Pines and Yotam Gendelman, and against attorney Yarom Halevi, Zadorov's attorney. A month later, the documentary forum in Israel demanded from the management of the HOT8 channel that it add at the beginning of the fourth episode of the series clarification that Ola Kravchenko is not a suspect in the murder.
Tair Rada was murdered in a bathroom stall at the Nofi Golan school in Katzrin on December 6, 2006. Almost three years later, the District Court in Nazareth convicted Zadorov, a foreign citizen and resident of Katzrin, of the girl's murder.
The verdict was based on a dense web of evidence that led to his conviction.
However, since then the case has continued to occupy the media and public opinion, and despite the verdict - the judicial system has returned to discuss it several more times and leave the conviction intact.
Zadorov, who worked on flooring at Rada's school, was arrested a few days after the murder, confessed to the murder and even returned it.
Then he retracted his confession, and as the trial continued, the defense succeeded in raising doubts among the public that Zdorov was indeed the murderer.
About a year ago, the Chief Justice of Melzer ruled that he should have a retrial, and his decision is expected soon.
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