Description

What would you do if you discovered that 13 people slated for execution had been found innocent?

That was exactly the question that Illinois Governer George Ryan faced in his final days in office. He alone was left to decide whether 167 death row inmates should live or die. In the riveting countdown to Ryan's decision, Deadline details the gripping drama of the state's clemency hearings. Documented as the events unfolded, Deadline is a compelling look inside America's prisons, highlighting one man's unlikely and historic actions agains the system.

Full of Special Features, including:

    * Additional Scenes:
          o Governor George Ryan’s Clemency Speech
          o Interview with Governor George Ryan
          o Gabriel Solache and the Vienna Convention
          o Furman v. Georgia: Donald Schneble
          o Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation: Mamie Till Mobley
    * Interview with directors Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson
    * Capital punishment in the United States timeline
    * Filmmaker biographies
    * Glossary of legal terms
    * Additional resources
    * Closed captioning for the hearing impaired
    * Spanish subtitles
    * …and more

Festivals

Offical Selection 2004 Sundance Film Festival

Production Credits & Notes

Director: Katy Chevigny
Producer: Dallas Brennan and Katy Chevigny