Le film suit Sibil Fox Richardson (aussi appelée Fox Rich), une entrepreneure, abolitionniste, auteure, mère de six enfants dans sa lutte pour la libération de son mari, Rob, condamné à 60 ans de prison dans le centre pénitentier de Louisiana State pour un braquage de banque. Le film est un mélange de séquences vhs du camescope de Rich et des prises de vue originales.
"O.J. - Made in America" retrace l'histoire de la race au cours des dernières décennies à travers la lentille de la montée et la chute de OJ Simpson. Il est peut-être la définition histoire culturelle de l'Amérique du 20e siècle, qui se concentre autour de deux des plus grands de notre pays fixations: race et célébrité. « JO: Made in America » explorera ces thèmes en traçant un parcours personnel, de la façon dont Orenthal James Simpson premier est devenu une star de football, la raison pour laquelle le pays est tombé en amour avec lui en dehors du terrain, à son être accusé du meurtre de son ex femme et son acquittement subséquent et pourquoi il est maintenant assis en prison 20 ans plus tard pour un autre crime.
By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of 3,000 outlaws to justice and served in law enforcement for 32 years during Reconstruction after the Civil War. His story is one of an escape to freedom and the dangers of the West for a former slave who rose to become a legend of the law. Join us as we go in search of Bass Reeves.
The Nature of the Beast explores the life and case of a woman, Bonnie Jean Foreshaw, who was subjected to years of abuse, as a child and in three separate marriages. At the age of thirty-eight, Ms Foreshaw was found guilty of first degree murder when, in a moment of panic, she accidentally shot and killed a pregnant woman in an attempt to protect herself from a man who was physically assaulting her at a gas station in Hartford, Connecticut. Both her assailant and victim were complete strangers to Ms. Foreshaw. Although the man later testified in court that he had pulled the pregnant woman in front of him as a shield when he saw Ms. Foreshaw take out her hand gun, she was nevertheless found guilty of pre-meditated murder. Ms. Foreshaw is now serving the longest prison sentence of any woman in Connecticut—45 years—without the possibility of parole.
Willie Bingham est le premier homme à faire l'objet d'un programme judiciaire radicalement nouveau dans le cadre de la position révisée de l'État sur les crimes capitaux.
Scott Panetti was tried for the capital murder of his parents-in-law on September 8, 1992 in Gillespie County, Texas. He was subsequently sentenced to death on September 22, 1995. Panetti has an extensive history of mental illness, including schizophrenia, manic depression, auditory hallucinations and paranoia. Panetti was hospitalized, both voluntarily and involuntarily for mental illness fourteen times in six different hospitals before his arrest for capital murder in 1992. Following his conviction, Panetti’s former wife, and daughter of the victims, Sonja Alvarado, filed a petition stating that Panetti never should have been tried for the crimes as he was suffering from paranoid delusions at the time of the killings.
On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.
Lorsque son partenaire est tué, le détective de New York Frank Hovannes et son escouade du crime organisé vont à l'encontre de la mafia, malgré les vives objections de ses supérieurs et les restrictions juridiques du département qui l'entravent.
A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.
Chattam is a 2011 action Telugu film directed by P. A. Arun Prasad. Natti Kumar and Rama Satyanarayana are jointly producing this movie. Jagapathi Babu acts in the lead role along with Vimala Raman in the opposite lead role
An intimate portrait of Alabama public interest attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who for more than three decades has advocated on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned, seeking to eradicate racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Deux hommes sont condamnés à mort. La fiancée de l'un d'eux convainc un détective de leur innocence : ensemble, ils tentent de trouver le véritable coupable.
An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the test after years of alleged corruption.
The Miami-Dade Community Mental Health Project comes to life in this documentary, following a team of dedicated public servants working through the courts to steer people with mental illness on a path from incarceration to recovery.
The impact of mass incarceration is explored through an annual charity trip that takes children to visit their imprisoned mothers.
A real estate agent is shot while trying to sell a rural farm and tries to bring the shooter to justice.
Directed by Oscar-nominated and NAACP Image Award winner David Massey, this dynamic documentary explores why so many unarmed black people have been targeted and killed by police officers. The filmmakers talk to legal experts, activists and law enforcement officials who discuss the inequality within our criminal justice system and who confront the crucial question of how to prevent more violence in this country, including Black on Black deaths. As the Black Lives Matter movement - and citizens nationwide - question the accountability of our justice system in cases of police violence, When Justice Isn't Just is an essential addition to the ongoing discussion about reform and renewal.
Every year, millions of Americans are incarcerated before even being convicted of a crime - all because they can't afford to post bail. How did we get here? “Trapped: Cash Bail in America” shines a light on our deeply flawed criminal justice system and the activists working to reform it. This new documentary explores the growing movement to end the inherent economic and racial inequalities of cash bail while highlighting victims impacted by an unjust system, the tireless campaigners fighting for criminal justice reform, and a bail industry lobbying to maintain the status quo.
Edwin Debrow Jr. murdered a cab driver when he was 12. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.