Fourteen days in May. Capital punishment debate
Description
In May 1987, Edward Johnson, a young African-American found guilty of murder and attempted rape, was executed at Parchman Penitentiary in Mississippi. This program, set in the days immediately preceding and following Johnson's death in the gas chamber, focuses on the legal mechanism for execution and the intense ethical debate surrounding it. Johnson is interviewed at length. Questions arising from that interview explore such issues as whether the death penalty is ever justified, whether it is disproportionately used against minorities, and whether legal avenues of appeal are sufficient, or overly-weighted in favor of criminals.
Runtime
88 min
Subjects
- Corrections (189)
- Ethics (196)
- Deviant behavior (131)
- Social control (144)
- Philosophy (274)
- Criminal justice, Administration of (164)
- Political sociology (90)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2007], c1987
Database
Films on Demand
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