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Een Amerikaanse Nachtmerrie
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Een Amerikaanse Nachtmerrie

2023-05-29 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated

Documentary · Crime

In 1983, the wife and stepdaughter of Dutch Jaitsen Singh are gruesomely murdered in California. Singh is convicted of inciting the murders, but has maintained his innocence for nearly 40 years. Given the way his case was handled at the time, this may well be true. Filmmaker Hans Pool investigates this intriguing and complex case and gets exclusive access to court and police documents that reveal a shocking story about racism, corruption, a mistress and a dubious key witness. How did Singh's American dream turn into a nightmare?

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Hans Pool
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Netherlands
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