Deadline (2004)
Documentary
DVD, 90 minutes
Country:
USA
Director:
Katy Chevigny
| Kirsten Johnson
Producer:
Karen Barrett
| Dallas Brennan
| Katy Chevigny
| Robert K. DiFazio
| Peter Gilbert
| Domenic Rom
| Angela Tucker
Music:
Dan Marocco
| Peter Nashel
Personal notes
Ryan, George HCapital punishment -- Illinois
Clemency -- Illinois
Judicial error -- Illinois
Plot outline
Documentary that follows Illinois Governor George Ryan during the final days of his term, as he considers commuting the death sentences of 167 Illinois Death Row inmates to life imprisonment.
Interviews with: George H. Ryan, Stephen Bright, Larry Marshall, Maurice Possley, Steve Mills, Scott Turow, Anthony Amsterdam, Elaine Jones, Lawrence Hayes, Donald Schneble, Robert Warren, Lester Maddox, Gary Gauger, Gabriel Solache, Bryan Stevenson, Cornelia Grumman, Tom Cross, Robert Jones, Donald Cabana, Grayland Johnson, David Keaton.