Malvo’s public defender told Maryland’s highest court on Wednesday that the six life sentences he faces are unconstitutional.

DCist talked to Blue Caprice director Alexandre Moors about the making of the film, working with actors Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond, and the culture of violence.

The chilling, atmospheric trailer suggests that the film ditches a factual, procedural approach, like the abysmal made-for-TV movies D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear and D.C. Sniper.

Tomorrow the Travel Channel’s Hidden City focuses in on Washington, hoping to uncover the real personality of the city by exploring the Beltway sniper’s reign of terror, FBI agent Robert Hanssen’s betrayal and mayor-for-life Marion Barry’s infamous 1990 arrest and subsequent comeback.