{"id":389285,"date":"2026-04-09T05:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T05:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:32:08","slug":"netflix-documentary-on-killing-of-jason-corbett-nominated-for-emmy-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389285\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix documentary on killing of Jason Corbett nominated for Emmy \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Netflix<\/a> documentary about the killing of Jason Corbett<\/a> by his wife Molly Martens<\/a> and her father Tom Martens, co-produced by journalist and author Brian Carroll, has been nominated for an Emmy Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Emmys recognise artistic and technical merit in the television industry and are widely considered the TV equivalent of the Oscars. The winners are due to be announced at a ceremony in New York next month. <\/p>\n

Corbett, originally from Limerick, was living and working in the US when he was killed at his home in North Carolina in August 2015. <\/p>\n

Within days of Corbett\u2019s death, Molly Martens was granted custody of his two children from a previous marriage, Jack and Sarah, who were then aged 10 and eight respectively. <\/p>\n

However, Corbett\u2019s family, who had arrived from Ireland, filed a successful challenge and his sister Treacy Corbett-Lynch was granted custody of the children, who they promptly brought back to Limerick. <\/p>\n

In August 2017, Molly and Tom Martens were convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20\u201325 years in prison. Their convictions were overturned on appeal in 2021. <\/p>\n

An expected retrial was sidestepped in 2023 when the Martens agreed a deal with prosecutors. Tom Martens pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and Molly Martens pleaded \u2018no contest\u2019 to the same charge. <\/p>\n

They were then sentenced to between four years and three months to six years and two months, with credit for almost four years already served. They were released from prison in June 2024.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0A Deadly American Marriage review: Excruciating documentary gives Jason Corbett\u2019s killers Molly Martens and her father a platform and megaphoneOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

\"AA Deadly American Marriage: Molly Martens and Jason Corbett. Photograph: Brendan Gleeson\/Netflix <\/p>\n

Carroll, who previously worked on RT\u00c9\u2019s The Many Lives of Kevin McGeever, among other investigations, was introduced to Treacy Corbett-Lynch in 2018. With the family\u2019s co-operation, he approached Netflix about making a documentary in 2020 and it was agreed he would be the co-producer of A Deadly American Marriage. The documentary was broadcast in early 2025. <\/p>\n

Carroll has also written a book about the case, A Deadly Marriage, based on additional research which was published in hardback by Penguin last August. It will be released in paperback in June.<\/p>\n

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