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Andrew Jarecki Addresses Lingering Ethical Concerns About ‘The Jinx’ and Explains Why He Wanted to Revisit Robert Durst’s Crimes


Director Andrew Jarecki explains why he wanted to make a second 'Jinx' series about Robert Durst and addresses concerns about the first one

The timing of the arrest led to criticism that Jarecki, his producers and HBO had delayed sharing incriminating discoveries with law enforcement officials for the sake of the series and ratings. The helmer, previously Oscar nominated for “Capturing the Friedmans,” had helped put a murderer behind bars and garnered a Peabody and an Emmy for his investigative work. He’s a smart enough lawyer to know that he wanted to make it seem like we had given some limited amount of information to the Los Angeles district attorney, and then they had run out and arrested Bob.

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