How to kill a human being [videorecording] / BBC Eduction & Training ; producer, Patrick Furlong ; produced and directed by Diene Petterle ; an Optomen Television Production for BBC.
2008
HV8696 .H69 2008
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Title
How to kill a human being [videorecording] / BBC Eduction & Training ; producer, Patrick Furlong ; produced and directed by Diene Petterle ; an Optomen Television Production for BBC.
Uniform Title
Horizon (Television program)
Variant Title
Title on container: How to kill a human being : methods of execution
ISBN
1604675071
9781604675078
9781604675078
Publication Details
London : BBC ; Hamilton, NJ : a Distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2008.
Language
English
Language Note
In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.
Description
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
HV8696 .H69 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.66 H847 2008
Distributor No.
39626 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Summary
Former Conservative MP Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution. As the American Supreme Court examines whether the lethal injection is causing prisoners to die in unnecessary pain Michael sets out to find a solution which is fundamentally humane. Is a humane and painless execution method possible, and if so, would death penalty proponents support its use? Or is pain the whole idea? Examining what many see as the cruelty of current procedures, this program searches for a viable alternative. Experts in the death business--retired executioners, toxicologists, biomechanics specialists, and others--explain disturbing flaws in the use of electrocution, hanging, lethal injection, and the gas chamber. Whether or not physicians should take part in executions is also discussed. The film presents a low-cost killing method that would induce euphoria--but this horrifies a prominent death penalty lobbyist because offenders wouldn't suffer.
Note
Presenter, Michael Portillo; narrator, Paul McGann.
Credits
Photography, Chris Openshaw ; original music, Simon Lambros ; editor, Richard Wilding, Julian Hart ; archive researcher, Anglea Spindler-Brown.
Time and Place of Event
Original broadcast by BBC as an episode of the television series Horizon on January 15, 2008.
System Details Note
DVD.
Added Corporate Author
BBC Education & Training.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Optomen Television (Firm)
BBC Active (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Optomen Television (Firm)
BBC Active (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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