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Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story of love and forgiveness, Karla Faye Tucker, once a prostitute and pick-axe killer, becomes a media giant, a poster girl for Christian restoration, and Texas' worst nightmare as the first woman to be executed in over 100 years.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David Gale was an active member of Deathwatch, an anti-capital punishment activist group. Constance is a fellow Deathwatch activist. When Constance is found raped and murdered, Gale is convicted of the crime. Now Gale awaits execution, and with less than a week before his date with the fatal injection, Gale agrees to tell his story to Bitsy, a nervy journalist from a major newsmagazine. As she discusses the facts of the murder with Gale, it occurs...
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (188 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Miracles happen in unexpectred places, even in the death-row cellblock at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. There John Coffey, a gentle giant of a prisoner with supernatural powers, brings a sense of spirit and humanity to his guards and fellow inmates."
6) Badlands
Pub. Date
℗2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in South Dakota in 1959, this is the story of Kit and his girlfriend Holly, two people alienated from everyday life, who go on a killing spree.
7) 12 angry men
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father.
8) Deadline
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What would you do if you discovered that 13 people slated for execution had been found innocent? That was exactly the dilemma that Illinois Governor George Ryan faced in his final days in office. He, alone, was left to decide whether the remaining 167 death row inmates should live or die. This details the gripping drama of the clemency hearings during the countdown to Ryan's decision. Documented as the events unfolded, this is a compelling look inside...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Werner Herzog explores a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas and "probes the human psyche to explore why people kill--and why a state kills". Through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry (scheduled to die within eights days of appearing on-screen), Herzog achieves what he describes as 'a gaze into the abyss of the human soul.' Herzog's inquiries also extend to the families of...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (557 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the personal and professional exploits of a group of attorneys working at the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. They tackle some of today's most inflammatory, and sometimes irreverent, social and moral issues, from teen pregnancy and the death penalty to sex surrogates and Alzheimer's. Now, the firm faces financial ruin and its brilliant attorneys face chaotic caseloads filled with malpractice, murder, love and lust.
11) The fear of 13
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a continuous monologue, former death-row inmate Nick Yarris tells the story of how he was charged with the murder of a woman in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, sentenced to death, and, after twenty-one years behind bars, exhonerated based on DNA evidence.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (613 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sophie and the moonhanger: In the 1950s South, a woman is torn between her husband, the Grand Dragon of the KKK, and her black best friend ; Go tell it on the mountain: John has a talent for writing, but his father has pushed him towards a life of faith. As the two battle each other, they must also overcome their own personal struggles in the adaptation of James Baldwin's beloved novel ; Honeydripper: Tyrone Purvis will try anything to keep his blues...
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