Deadline (Widescreen)

Price 23.39 - 29.95 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 37429199428, 9780780029255

Manufacture Home Vision

Manufacture Country USA

What would you do if you discovered that 13 people slated for execution had been found innocent? That was exactly the question that Illinois Governor George Ryan faced in his final days in office. He alone was left to decide whether 167 death row inmates should live or die. In the riveting countdown to Ryan"s decision, Deadline details the gripping drama of the state"s clemency hearings. Documented as the events unfold, Deadline is a compelling look inside America"s prisons, highlighting one man"s unlikely and historic actions against the system. DVD features will include: Interview with directors Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson. Additional Scenes: Governor George Ryan"s Clemency Speech, Interview with Governor George Ryan, Gabriel Solache and the Vienna Convention, Furman v. Georgia: Donald Schneble, Murder Victims" Families for Reconciliation: Mamie Till Mobley, Governor Ryan and the Death Penalty, Filmmaker Biographies, Glossary of Terms, Internet Links.