Keyword: death penalty

The Penalty

6

2018

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Americas death penalty is in crisis. Botched executions, spiralling costs and shrinking public support has put capital punishment under more scrutiny than ever before. The Penalty goes behind the scenes to reveal what the death penalty does to a victims family, an innocent man, and a lawyer who fights and fails to stop a botched execution, all while asking: who does the death penalty serve?

Red Corner

6.5

1997

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An American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence.

I Want to Live!

7.5

1958

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A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.

Infamous

7.1

2006

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While researching his novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Why Must I Die

4.8

1960

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Dottie Manson commits a murder for which club singer Lois King is arrested, tried, and condemned to die. The story line wanders through the trial and Miss Kings final hours on Death Row. The true killer is finally ready to confess, but already Miss King (who has by now been strapped into the electric chair) is at risk. Will she be rescued in the nick of time?

Return to Paradise

6.9

1998

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Two friends must choose whether to help a third friend who was arrested in Malaysia for drug possession.

The Executioner

8.1

1963

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An undertaker marries an old executioners daughter and must continue his father-in-laws profession after his retirement, although he doesnt like it.

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

7.2

2003

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Nick Broomfields second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.

The Letter Room

6.8

2020

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When a corrections officer is transferred to the letter room, he soon finds himself enmeshed in a prisoners deeply private life.

Control

6.2

2004

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A sociopath on death row is given a chance to live if he agrees to take part in a chemical behavioral modification program.

Oxygen

6.1

1999

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Two guys kidnap the wife of a rich man and bury her in a box with 24 hours of oxygen. Tough NYPD Detective Maddy and others get the case. Will they get to her in time?

Shepherds and Butchers

6.8

2016

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A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions hes witnessed.