Life and death row. Series 2, Episode 3, Truth / producer, Nicola Comber ; filmed and directed by Ellena Wood ; BBC Documentaries production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Wood, Ellena, director, filmmaker.

Comber, Nicola, producer.

BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Trials (Murder).

Capital punishment.

Death row inmates.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Television series.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 minutes)

Other Title:

Life and death row. Series 2, Programme 3

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Life and Death Row tells the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. With unprecedented access inside prison walls, it discovers what it's like to live with the threat of the death chamber, as well as hearing from victims and their families, and the family of those on death row - some praying for execution, some hoping for a reprieve. Each episode focuses on different aspects of the system - execution, punishment and the complex nature of 'truth'. In January 2014, Waynesville, Ohio, 18-year-old Justin Back is brutally murdered in his own home. Two of his 19-year-old friends, Austin Myers and Timothy Mosley, are arrested and charged with his murder. However both give very different versions of events, begging the question, who is telling the truth? With prosecutors seeking the death penalty for the crime, what will each one do to save themselves from the ultimate punishment? With access to the families of all three boys, the devastating nature of this gruesome crime and it's repercussions are revealed. It's one crime but will there be two different outcomes? Taking you into the heart of the American death penalty system, Life and Death Row asks - what does this sentence really mean to the people living on death row, and the other people connected to the case? Gaining even deeper access to courts, prisons and capital cases across America, this second series exposes previously unexamined areas from sentencing and prosecution to psychiatry and appeal. Painstaking and impartial, each programme asks urgent ethical questions about justice, the right to life, and the right to kill. Could you testify against someone close to you? What is it like to be drafted onto a jury to decide if someone lives or dies? And can we draw a definitive line between personality and mental illness? Gripping and thought-provoking, the real-life stories featured are packed full of drama, jeopardy and intense emotion.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed June 27, 2019).

OCLC:

1112131679