The Reentry Project. Borderline
Borderline
tells the story of Eunice Baker, a borderline mentally retarded woman
who was sentenced to 15-years-to-life in prison for murdering three-year
old Charlotte Kurtz, despite evidence that the death was accidental.
After nearly five years in prison, The New York State Appellate Court
recently reduced Eunice's sentence to criminally negligent homicide,
and she was released on time served. From day one, Eunice was tried
in the media and found guilty. Not until the midst of the trial were
any articles printed that were sympathetic to her, though evidence supporting
her innocence had surfaced. With no audio or video recording of Eunice's
confession, jurors were forced to decide whether or not she possessed
the intelligence to have understood her Miranda rights or realized that
Charlotte was in danger. Produced and directed by Slawomir Grunberg,
Log In Productions.
