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Fourteen Days in May: The Capital
Punishment Debate
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. A BBC Production. (88
minutes)
Copyright date: ©1987
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