Balancing the scales : a call for a moratorium on executions in Texas /

Examines the flaws in the death penalty process in Texas, including official misconduct, ineffective counsel, funding for defense, execution of innocent people, racism, the execution of the mentally impaired and juvenile offenders, and the role of politics. Includes commentary and interviews with ex...

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Corporate Author: Texas Moratorium Network
Other Authors: Atwood, David, Lawrence, Tom
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Texas] : Texas Moratorium Network, [2002]
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Summary:Examines the flaws in the death penalty process in Texas, including official misconduct, ineffective counsel, funding for defense, execution of innocent people, racism, the execution of the mentally impaired and juvenile offenders, and the role of politics. Includes commentary and interviews with exonerated death row prisoners Kerry Cook and Clarence Brandley, the mother of a murder victim, a former district attorney, a former judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, a professor of criminal justice, Texas state representative Harold Dutton, and the parents of former prisoners executed by the state of Texas.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (53 min., 58 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Editor, John Mark Davis.