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 *The Witness* is the third take Netflix has presented on the Rachel Nickell murder case, and although it aims to tell the story from a unique perspective, it ultimately loses its way. To begin with, I have become a detractor of true-crime documentaries and dramatizations of real-life crimes. I know that starting a review this way might seem like blasphemy: why would someone who hates the genre review a work belonging to it? Well, it’s my job, and I was assigned to do it. As Spider-Noir once said: I don’t pick the ballroom; I just dance.  That’s not to say I’ve never liked this particular ballroom; I’ve seen works like *In Cold Blood*, *Mindhunter*, *Zodiac*, and *Memories of Murder*, and I’ve enjoyed them immensely. However, my aversion to the genre grew when I realized that these reenactments of real cases caused more harm than good to the victims, who simply wanted to be left alone. And when production quality began to slip and everything—from podcasts to TV shows—started t...