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   Clive Stafford Smith

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-03-13

If there was ever to be a documentary to convince us of the profound flaws of a legal system that implements the death penalty, then this might be it. James Earl Johnson has been on death row for eight years following his conviction for the murder of a local deputy and the attempted rape of a sixty year old woman. Both were white, but the extent to which that might have mattered when the charges are killing a cop and assaulting an old lady are maybe less significant that the necessity for the authorities to apprehend someone plausible and quickly. This documentary spends two weeks with this ma...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• death penalty
• mississippi river
• falsely accused
• gas chamber