The Penalty

The Penalty (2017)

May 10th, 20171h 30min

Documentary
65%

Overview

Three extraordinary people embark on journeys of recovery, discovery and rebellion and find themselves centre stage in the biggest capital punishment crisis in modern memory. The Penalty unearths an America where grieving families, botched executions and wrongful convictions force us to question what we think we know about the death penalty.


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