The Trials of Darryl Hunt
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The Trials of Darryl Hunt This award-winning documentary investigates a brutal rape/murder case and a wrongly convicted man, Darryl Hunt, imprisoned nearly 20 years for a crime he did not commit. At once a social justice story, a decades-long courtroom drama, and a personally driven narrative, the film follows this capital case from 1984 through 2004 through exclusive footage from two decades, the film frames the judicial and emotional response to a chilling crime - and the implications that reverberated from Hunt's conviction - against a backdrop of class and racial bias in the South and in the American criminal justice system.
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At the Death House Door This film details the remarkable career journey of Rev. Carroll Pickett, Death House Chaplain, who accompanied over 95 men into the execution chamber during his tenure. From the award-winning filmmakers of Hoop Dreams, Steve James and Peter Gilbert. |
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- After Innocence tells the dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated - innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. After Innocence explores the emotional journeys these men face when thrust back into society with little or no support from the system that put them behind bars.
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- Deadline, The Movie After discovering that 13 people slated for execution had been found innocent, Illinois Governor George Ryan must decide during his final days in office whether 167 death row inmates should live or die.
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Thanatos Rx: The Death Penalty Debate in America features interviews with a number Massachusetts faces, including former Suffolk County District Attorney Ralph Martin, current US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, the Hanna family of Natick, and Hank Powell Arsenault Jr., the last man to face the electric chair in Massachusetts.
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- A&E Investigative Reports - Death Penalty On Trial More than 90 people have been exonerated and freed from death row in recent years. In a feature-length special report, IR looks at the cases of four people, each revealing one of the problems with the system--overzealous prosecutors, incompetent defense attorneys, police brutality, and judicial misconduct.
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- Fighting for Life in the Death-belt For twenty-five years Stephen Bright has defended death row inmates deep in the heart of the nation's death-belt - the Southeastern states where ninety percent of executions occur. In the film, we follow Bright during the final days and hours as he desperately fights to spare two clients from execution. Although both men stand convicted of horrible crimes, Bright never waivers in his dedication, and presents compelling arguments against the criminal justice system that seeks to end his clients' lives.
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- 60 Minutes: Insanity on Death Row Gregory Thompson was placed on Tennessee’s death row for the 1985 stabbing murder of Brenda Lane. Thompson says he killed Lane after hearing voices in his head, and has since been diagnosed as schizophrenic and psychotic. This film explores the constitutionality of executing Thompson, given his mental state and seeks to determine if his medication can make him sane enough to be executed.
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