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Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
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.
2) The paperboy
Language
English
Formats
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.
3) True crime
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boozing, skirt-chasing and hard-living reporter realizes a death row prisoner scheduled to die at midnight is innocent. He races against time to save the man and perhaps lift his own life out of the trash heap.
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,...
6) High life
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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." --
Publisher
Uncork'd Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every year ten of the world's most lethal death row criminals are chosen to compete for their freedom in the Jurassic Games, a television show where contestants must survive against a variety of ferocious dinosaurs. The players all die gruesomely in the game zone except for one, the last one standing, the winner, who is granted not only his freedom, but fame and fortune." --
8) The chamber
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Adam Hall is an idealistic young attorney who takes on the death row clemency case of his one-time Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall. With just 28 days before the execution, Adam sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam was convicted. As the impending death sentence looms closer, Adam works quickly to uncover the family's history for any hidden clues. In a white-knuckle series of twists and turns, Adam discovers deceptions...
9) 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.
11) Convicted
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Cory is a convicted murderer spending her final days on Death Row. Her hopes and dreams are as lifeless as the walls that surround her. That is until the letters of a stranger awaken passions in her she thought had died long ago. While her attorney tries to appeal the verdict, Frank, the stranger, realizes he has fallen in love with Charlotte. Frank discovers that there are untold secrets behind the tragic circumstances of her imprisonment....
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.
13) The green mile
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A death row inmate in a Southern prison possesses the unusual gift of healing. A guard discovers the inmate's miraculous power and begins to question the man's guilt.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In 2001, Wanda Jean Allen was given a lethal injection by the state of Oklahoma, making her the first black woman to be executed in America in fifty years. Chronicles the methodical way the criminal justice system proceeds to execute Wanda Jean, a convicted murderess with a low IQ bordering on retardation. While pleas for clemency are exhausted, she faces her inevitable death.
15) The green mile
Series
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.
16) The puppetman
Publisher
Shudder
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A convicted killer on death row always maintained his innocence and that it was an evil force controlling his body as he slaughtered his victims. The killer's daughter begins to suspect that there may be some truth to her father's claim when those around her begin to die in brutal ways.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case iin Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill, and why a state kills. As he's so often done before, Herzog's investigation unveils layers of humanity, making an enlightening trip out of ominous territory.
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia. Taking place in the 1940s in Cuthbert, Georgia, this is a story of one woman's desperate attempts to rise above the challenges of her life, the choices she makes, and the consequences. She is pressured to work for Elliot Arthur, a father, a mill worker and a raging drunk. As their relationship unfolds, it becomes strained, and is considered unacceptable for that...
19) Last dance
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A lawyer for a woman on Death Row fights to have her sentence commuted.
20) Dear Mr. Gacy
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In 1980, John Wayne Gacy was convicted of the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men, many of whom he buried beneath his suburban Chicago home, and sentenced to death row. 13 years later, ambitious criminology student Jason Moss began a bizarre correspondence with the serial killer by posing as a vulnerable gay teen. What followed was a nightmare journey into a world of violence, madness and sexual depravity that brought home the true horror of...
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