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Based on Ernest J. Gaines' National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940's. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted of murder and is sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, the plantation schoolteacher, agrees to talk with the condemned man. The disheartened Wiggins had once harbored dreams of escaping from his impoverished youth, yet he returned...
3) Breath
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
While waiting on death row, Jang Jin (Chen Chang) tries to commit suicide in the most bizarre way, using a sharpened toothbrush handle as his main tool. The details of his desperate attempt reach Yeon, a young female sculptor who doesn't know the inmate personally, but feels compelled to seek him out after discovering her husband's betrayal with another woman. A peculiar connection begins to grow between Jang Jin, who has become unable to speak, and...
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English
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Eliza Benedict's peaceful suburban life is shattered after being contacted by Walter Bowman, the man who kidnapped and held her hostage as a teen in 1985, and who now claims to want forgiveness while on death row. An edgy, utterly gripping tale of psychological manipulation.
5) Just mercy
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English
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A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
6) The paperboy
Publisher
Millennium
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
7) High life
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. The crew, death row inmates led by a doctor with sinister motives, has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.
8) Rectify
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
After spending 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence, thrusting him back into a world he no longer knows. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his return will reignite the fears of a small town and threaten to shatter his family's fragile peace. Daniel's alleged crime divided a community. His freedom could tear it in half.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Most men would do anything to get out of jail, but Michael Scofield will do anything to get in. His brother has been sentenced to die for a crime he didn't commit, and the only way to save him is from the inside out.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It follows the life of Daniel Holden, who returns to his small hometown in Georgia after serving nineteen years on death row. Having spent his entire adult life waiting to die, Daniel must now try to find a way to cope with his past and forge a "normal" life with a future before him. Season three picks up on the very afternoon of Daniel's plea deal. Will the deal be accepted? Will Daniel be forced to leave town?
12) The green mile
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Miracles happen in unexpected places, even on death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. There John Coffey, a prisoner with supernatural powers, brings a sense of spirit and humanity to his guards and fellow inmates.
13) No man of God
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. During the early days of the agency's criminal profiling unit, FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier met with the incarcerated Ted Bundy in the hopes of understanding the psychology of the serial killer and providing closure for the victim's families. As Hagmaier delves into Bundy's dark and twisted mind,...
15) Monster's ball
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Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
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Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond.
16) The exonerated
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The undeniable power of the true stories of six exonerated survivors of death row will engage your emotion, incite your passion, and envelope you in their search for the lost pieces of dignity and the lives that were interrupted.
18) Native son
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In prison for murder and sentenced to death, Thomas Bigger, reflects on the circumstances that led to his fate.
Publisher
Status Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This intense thriller follows one man's path to execution and the strong-minded doctor brought in to take a deeper look at the violent circumstances that have doomed him. Jackson Shea has lived a life of deceit, brutality and corruption. But when a series of chilling, violent events lands him on Death Row, Dr. Amanda Tyler must determine whether his violent behavior is inherent in his mental makeup, or if Jackson is able to be rehabilitated and should...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Gary Gilmore and the tragic chain of events which led him to commit two cruel and senseless murders. These crimes would eventually cause him to become the first person in over ten years to be executed in the electric chair. This "director's cut" combines elements from the 97-minute European theatrical release with the original 157-minute U.S. TV miniseries.
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