death penalty

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IMDB
6.8 (2921 votes)
Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.

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IMDB
5.0 (29540 votes)
A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.

Genre
IMDB
7.5 (85561 votes)
Budget
11,000,000.00$
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.

Hang 'em High | United States of America
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IMDB
7.0 (33184 votes)
Budget
1,800,000.00$
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

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IMDB
6.6 (30566 votes)
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

The Exorcist III | United States of America
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IMDB
6.4 (23528 votes)
Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased serial killer. It eventually leads him to a catatonic patient in a psychiatric hospital who has recently started to speak, claiming he is the The Gemini and detailing the murders, but bears a striking resemblance to Father Damien Karras.

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IMDB
7.5 (122300 votes)
Budget
50,000,000.00$
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

Genre
IMDB
7.1 (17610 votes)
Budget
13,000,000.00$
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Return to Paradise | United States of America
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IMDB
6.9 (14926 votes)
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

Genre
IMDB
7.7 (59809 votes)
Budget
6,800,000.00$
Lee Ray Oliver, a death row inmate, is given a second chance at life if he agrees to undergo a new chemical treatment used to modify behavior.

12 Angry Men | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
8.9 (631925 votes)
Budget
350,000.00$
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.