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Fourteen days in May

In May 1987, Edward Earl Johnson was executed at Parchman Penitentiary in Mississippi. This film focuses on the legal mechanism for execution and the intense ethical debate surrounding it. Johnson is interviewed at length. Questions arising from that interview explore such issues as whether the death penalty is ever justified, whether it is disproportionately used against minorities, and whether legal avenues of appeal are sufficient, or overly-weighted in favor of criminals.

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  • "In May 1987, Edward Earl Johnson was executed at Parchman Penitentiary in Mississippi. This film focuses on the legal mechanism for execution and the intense ethical debate surrounding it. Johnson is interviewed at length. Questions arising from that interview explore such issues as whether the death penalty is ever justified, whether it is disproportionately used against minorities, and whether legal avenues of appeal are sufficient, or overly-weighted in favor of criminals."@en
  • "In May 1987, Edward Earl Johnson was executed at Parchman Penitentiary in Mississippi. This film focuses on the legal mechanism for execution and the intense ethical debate surrounding it. Johnson is interviewed at length. Questions arising from that interview explore such issues as whether the death penalty is ever justified, whether it is disproportionately used against minorities, and whether legal avenues of appeal are sufficient, or overly-weighted in favor of criminals."
  • "Documentaire sur la peine de mort dans l'état du Mississippi à travers l'affaire du condamné à mort Edward O. Johnson en 1987."
  • ""On May 22, 1987, Edward Earl Johnson, a young black man with no previous criminal record, would be executed in Mississippi's Parchman Penitentiary. In the United States, one study has shown that a black man is four times more likely to get the death penalty than a white one. Although there are serious questions about Edward Earl Johnson's guilt, this is not a film about racism, nor about innocence or guilt. It is a film about the everyday realities involved when the government, and the people who work for it, consciously take a life. It is about the effect the death penalty has on inmates, the guards, and the family of Edward Earl Johnson. No matter where ones stands on the issue of the death penalty, this film forces one to re-examine their thoughts."--1988 Peabody Awards entry form. This program follows the activities and events of the fourteen days prior to the execution of Johnson, from staff meetings with warden Donald Cabana; to testing of the gas chamber using a rabbit and mice; to the spiritual comfort offered by pastor Ron Padgett and Sister Sandra Hicks; to the emotional comments of other prisoners and guards concerning Johnson and his execution; to Johnson meeting with his family for the last time and having his last meal with them; to the emotional moments with Johnson and his lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, when all appeals have failed; to the news conference with Cabana announcing Johnson's death and Johnson's last statement, still proclaiming his innocence."
  • ""In May 1987, Edward Earl Johnson was executed at Parchman Penitentiary in Mississippi. This film focuses on the legal mechanism for execution and the intense ethical debate surrounding it. Johnson is interviewed at length. Questions arising from that interview explore such issues as whether the death penalty is ever justified, whether it is disproportionately used against minorities, and whether legal avenues of appeal are sufficient, or overly-weighted in favor of criminals.""

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