Race to execution / by Lioness Media Arts Production ; directed and produced by Rachel V. Lyon.

Race to Execution" is a gripping documentary that offers a compelling investigation of America's death penalty, probing how race discrimination infects our capital punishment system. The film neither advocates nor repudiates the death penalty; instead, it enlarges the conversation regardin...

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Main Author: Lyon, Rachel
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2007.
Series:Filmakers Library online.
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Online Access:Click for online access

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