Trailer for the series "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal" (Netflix)
In 2016, the State of Israel was shocked by new revelations revealed by Yifat Glick and Ila Hasson in "Yoman" about the death of a scooter rider named Gal Beck over a decade before.
The investigation raised serious suspicions of irregularities in the investigation that began in 2005, including the possibility that Pelti was driving under the influence on the night of the accident (the rental inspection document disappeared).
The prosecutor's office closed the case due to lack of evidence and refused to open it even after the investigation that brought up serious findings.
A deep cry was expressed on social networks, Facebook groups were opened and voices of protest were heard.
The feeling that arose is of deep injustice, caused, apparently, due to severe distortions in the system and capital-government relations.
A similar case occurred in the state of South Carolina in the USA in 2019, when a young woman named Mallory Beach died after falling from a motor boat. Although it was clear that the person responsible was Paul Murdock, who was driving the boat under the influence of alcohol, the investigation was conducted lazily, evidence was hidden and a heavy attempt was made Put the blame on someone else and shut up. Unlike the Gal Beck case, the case did not amount to a fatal accident, it was only used as the starting point for something much bigger.
Miraculously raises the most painful point that is common to every person.
"Double Murder: Scandal in South Carolina" (Photo: Netflix)
"Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal", a three-episode docu that recently aired on Netflix, unfolds an affair that still stirs the US and includes two definite murders and several others that may have happened in a small community in South Carolina. The key character She is the father of the family, Alec Murdoch (or Alex Murdoch, depending on the idiom), a scion of a family of lawyers who runs a law firm that his ancestors built and which has become a huge center of power in several districts. The accusation of Alec's son for causing the death of Mallory Beach revealed the phenomenon that we all know very well from the history of mankind Modernity - connections you have cultivated with various bodies in the state mechanisms will get you out of any trouble, of course without qualms and while causing complete injustice to others.
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"Double Murder" (which was probably translated that way due to another docu that preceded it by a few months, "The Murders of the Murdoch Empire", created by the Israelis Mor Lushi and Daniel Sivan and recently aired) brings to Ness the most painful point that is common to every human being - the feeling of injustice.
The entire apparatus, from the police to the court, mobilized to rescue Paul Murdoch from the heavy charges that were attributed to him and that would have put him in prison for many years.
Even without a real emotional connection, it's chilling to see how an entire system is canceled in front of the power of one person, who cultivated the right connections over the years and became the terror of the district.
But the accident is only one part of the story, much minor compared to the scandals that came or were discovered in its wake.
Despite this, creators Jenner First and Julia Willoughby Neeson, who together made one of the two memorable documentaries about the Fyre Festival, chose to dedicate an episode and a half to her, half of the series.
Is this a wrong editing, or a trending practice that came to satisfy the viewer's sense of justice?
Everyone will see and give their own interpretation.
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The civil and legal proceedings have only just begun to take place.
"Double Murder: Scandal in South Carolina" (Photo: Netflix)
"Double murder" is not without its shortcomings.
Netflix series, feature or documentary, have a tendency to be too long and drawn out.
Here the problem is the opposite - the feeling is that another chapter was needed here to clarify a number of mini-affairs that were covered less than necessary.
The excessive weight of the coverage of Mallory Beach's death - about 50 percent of the doco - could have been made more proportional with another episode that tries to plug as many holes as possible.
Part of the difficulty here is objective.
"Double Homicide" was completed a few months ago, while all the civil and legal proceedings were just beginning to take place, like quite a few other true crime series.
This only makes the series more interesting, because after the exposure to the many testimonies, it gives us as viewers the opportunity to look into the guts of this case, on its many layers.
Despite its shortcomings, "Double Homicide" is a good docu that provides another glimpse into the outrageous phenomenon of power intoxication, which leads to the mobilization of entire branches of the law, but also outlines the boundaries that in today's reality cannot be crossed.
Its advantage is many and clear visual means, appropriate for a time when everything is documented.
One of the interviewees defined it well: "10-15 years ago it might have been possible to make it disappear. Today it is not."
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