
We even hear of Green himself speak of Demery’s betrayal. The narrative begins to shift and delve into the lives and friendship between Green and Demery, giving a sense that Demery himself was the mastermind behind the murder who sold Green out for a lesser sentence.

The story takes a shift and focuses on Daniel Andre Green and Larry Martin Demery the two young men convicted of killing James Jordan. The series flashes crime scene photos, making sure not to show anything too graphic. Michael who is shown in archival footage clips speaks about his father prior to the murder and the docuseries shows how much pride and admiration father and son had for each other.Īs the docuseries gets further into the episodes, the murder is quickly addressed and some shocking details are revealed such as the state of decomposition of Jordan’s body after it was found in a swamp in South Carolina. In presenting a brief look at James Jordan’s life before his son’s birth, and as his son became a basketball legend and hero, it helps give a better understanding about who Michael Jordan himself is.

Yes, he was Michael Jordan’s dad, but he was more than that. The five-part Moment of Truth docuseries does a good job introducing who James Jordan was.

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While the trial for Jordan’s murderers may not have gotten the attention that the trials of OJ Simpson, and Yolanda Saldivar that took place within the year prior, IMDB TV Originals Moment of Truth has shed new light on the case, the trial and the media to answer was the wrong man convicted for Jordan’s murder? Less than a year prior to the infamous Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murder that shook pop culture in the mid-nineties, tragedy befell the man who was hailed as the greatest basketball player alive Michael Jordan, when his father James Jordan Sr.
