In 1983, Earl Washington Junior confessed to the murder and rape of a 19-year-old woman. A few weeks later he was sentenced to death. But the man has a severe mental disability, and some claim that he is innocent and that his confession was extracted by the police. This type of case is common in the United States, where the often erroneous judicial system leads to wrongful convictions and failed executions.
A new look at the death penalty
Thanks to three testimonies – that of a former state executioner, victim of the attack at the Boston Marathon, and the parents of a murder victim who chose to fight for his life the killer of their daughter – the film Between life and death reconsiders the consequences of the death penalty.
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