'Escape at Dannemora': Showtime series can't hide behind the brutal truth of the monstrous cop-killer David Sweat
The true story of the fateful day David Sweat and two of his accomplices mercilessly gunned down and killed Broome County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin J. Tarsia.
Ben Stiller's 'Escape at Dannemora' on Showtime aims to chronicle the infamous 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape by inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat, both of whom were serving potential life sentences for murder.
Their escape from the prison in upstate New York triggered a massive $23 million manhunt and ended in the capture of Sweat and the death of Matt. After his capture, Sweat subsequently pleaded guilty to an additional two counts of first-degree escape and one count of promoting prison contraband, and had 3.5 to 7 years added to his sentence.
Matt was serving out his sentence at the Clinton Correctional Facility after receiving the maximum sentence of 25 years to life after he was convicted of two murders.