Death sentence [videorecording] : the story of capital punishment / produced by the Open University.
Open University.; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm); Films Media Group.
2010
HV8694 .D438 2010
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Title Death sentence [videorecording] : the story of capital punishment / produced by the Open University.
ISBN 9781617337147
1617337145
Publication Details New York, NY : Films Media Group : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2010.
Language English
Language Note Closed-captioned.
Description 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number HV8694 .D438 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.66
Distributor No. 43760-K Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Summary "A few centuries ago, state-sanctioned killing was thought of mainly as a control mechanism, a deterrent to crime. Thus, a person could be hanged not just for murder but for minor offences such as petty theft. But with the emergence of the police force as a civic institution, some began to view capital punishment as the sordid appeasement of our communal thirst for vengeance, and today it is a continual source of debate. This program explores the issue through historical examples and interviews with legal scholars. Case studies focus on Derek William Bentley, hanged as an accomplice to murder at the age of 19; Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom; and Gary Gilmore, the first person to be put to death following the 1976 reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States."--Container.
System Details Note DVD.
Added Corporate Author Open University.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Films Media Group.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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Capital punishment and society
Bloody code and public executions
Execution as a deterrent
Trial by Jury
Reform government
Crime and punishment in early 19th century England
Criticism of public executions
Abolishment of public executions
Punishment in an enlightened society
Executioner celebrity
Injustice
Ruth Ellis case
Blind justice?
Notorious murder case
U.S. suspension of capital punishment
Executions of the rise
Documentaries on capital punishment
Miscarriage of justice
International abolition of capital punishment
America and capital punishment.

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