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A Danish television documentary about the sentencing of Oliver Khristian to death for a murder he committed in Nacodoches, Texas. Members of the jury took the bible into the deliberation room and consulted it in order to reach their verdict. Khristian, his attorney, his parents, a juror, clergy peop...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: DR TV (Television station : Copenhagen, Denmark), Filmakers Library, inc
Other Authors: Esmann, Frank, 1939-
Format: Video
Language:English
Danish
Language Notes:Credits and narration in Danish with English subtitles; dialogue in English.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2006.
Subjects:
Oliver, Khristian, > 1977- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Bible and law.
Capital punishment > Religious aspects > Fundamentalists.
Fundamentalism > Texas > Nacogdoches.
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > Social aspects > Texas > Nacogdoches.
Trials (Murder) > Texas > Nacogdoches.
Texas > Nacogdoches.
Internet videos.
Documentary television programs.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:A Danish television documentary about the sentencing of Oliver Khristian to death for a murder he committed in Nacodoches, Texas. Members of the jury took the bible into the deliberation room and consulted it in order to reach their verdict. Khristian, his attorney, his parents, a juror, clergy people, reporters and others in Nacodoches present through their interviews a picture of the town and the pervasiveness of the fundamentalist influence there.
Item Description:"Frank Esman [sic], director & producer, DR TV"-- Original container.
Slide.
Physical Description:1 online resource (51 min.)
Previously published as DVD.