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Pub. Date
2002.
Description
David Gale was an active member of Deathwatch, an anti-capital punishment activist group. Constance is a fellow Deathwatch activist. When Constance is found raped and murdered, Gale is convicted of the crime. Now Gale awaits execution, and with less than a week before his date with the fatal injection, Gale agrees to tell his story to Bitsy, a nervy journalist from a major newsmagazine. As she discusses the facts of the murder with Gale, it occurs...
3) Badlands
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Set in South Dakota in 1959, this is the story of Kit and his girlfriend, Holly, two people alienated from everyday life, who go on a killing spree.
4) The phantom
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Tells the story of Carlos DeLuna, who was executed in Texas in 1989 for the murder of Wanda Lopez, but protested his innocence and stated that another Carlos had committed the crime.
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
David Gale era un miembro activo de Deathwatch, un grupo activista en contra de la pena de muerte. Constance era una activista compan?era de Deathwatch. Cuando se encuentra a Constance violada y asesinada, Gale es condenado del crimen. Ahora Gale espera la ejecucio´n, y con menos que una semana antes su cita con la inyeccio´n fatal, Gale consiente en decir su historia a Bitsy, una periodista presuntuosa de una revista de noticias mayor. Cuando ella...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
An intriguing film noir about a novelist out to expose the injustices of capital punishment. Working with his fiancee's father, a newspaper publisher, he frames himself for murder, intending to produce exonerating evidence at the last moment. But the publisher suddenly dies, the evidence is lost, and that's only the first twist in a brilliantly layered plot ideally suited to Lang's talents.
11) The last word
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Tells the story of an innocent man that has been executed by the state. Regardless of faith, for or against the death penalty, liberal or conservative, the movie compels viewers to feel not only the collective pain our societal conscience suffers for executing the innocent but also theindividual fear of not knowing what margins of error our judges, jurors and executioners will find acceptable tomorrow.
12) Lonely Hearts
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Based on a true story. In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". They would swindle and then viciously murder war widows who would answer their personal ads. Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha was Ray's initial mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they bilked elderly spinsters and widows of their savings and...
Pub. Date
c2016
Description
Disc 1. Death Row. The death penalty in the United States is an old as the country itself with roots to the original European settlements. It is the ultimate punishment for murderers, terrorists, traitors and serial killers. During this time over 15,000 men and women have been executed spurring a heated debate about its moral and ethical use. Featuring interviews and commentary from leading criminal and sociology experts, this documentary takes an...
15) 12 angry men
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Tempers rise as a jury of middle-aged men find themselves unable to sway a single member of their group to the majority opinion. Confronted with a seemingly clear-cut case, bolstered by opinions and assumptions, but with no verdict in sight the group threatens to become deadlocked. Will the 12th juror, stubbornly convinced of a young defendant's innocence, be able to sway the entire group to his viewpoint, or will the group ultimately force the holdout...
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