Capital Punishment Movies

  • 1948
    A Woman's Vengeance

    A Woman's Vengeance

    A Woman's Vengeance

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    A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.

    A Woman's Vengeance
  • 2019
    November 1st

    November 1st

    November 1st

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    A woman and her angry mother travel together to the execution of a man they never met.

    November 1st
  • 1916
    The People vs. John Doe

    The People vs. John Doe

    The People vs. John Doe

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    A farmer is unjustly convicted of a homicide he did not commit.

    The People vs. John Doe
  • 1998
    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

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    Documentary covering the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black nationalist and journalist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convicted of killing a...

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
  • 1901
    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

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    This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
  • 1898
    An Execution by Hanging

    An Execution by Hanging

    An Execution by Hanging

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    A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacksonville, Florida.

    An Execution by Hanging
  • 1938
    Secrets of a Nurse

    Secrets of a Nurse

    Secrets of a Nurse

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    This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true...

    Secrets of a Nurse
  • 2008
    Mizhikal Sakshi

    Mizhikal Sakshi

    Mizhikal Sakshi

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    A mother finds it hard to believe that her son is convicted as a terrorist and is sent to gallows. Eventually, she loses her mental balance.

    Mizhikal Sakshi
  • 1983
    The Mikado

    The Mikado

    The Mikado

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    In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of...

    The Mikado
  • 2004
    Death and Texas

    Death and Texas

    Death and Texas

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    Barefoot Bobby Briggs, the legendary running back for the Austin Steers was today sentenced to die for his role in the armed robbery/murder at a...

    Death and Texas
  • 1986
    Death of a Soldier

    Death of a Soldier

    Death of a Soldier

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    Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the...

    Death of a Soldier
  • 2006
    Execution of a Teenage Girl

    Execution of a Teenage Girl

    Execution of a Teenage Girl

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    On 15 August 2004, a 16-year-old girl was hanged in a public square in Neka, a small Iranian town by the Caspian Sea. Atefeh Sahaaleh's death...

    Execution of a Teenage Girl
  • 2015
    Seamstress

    Seamstress

    Seamstress

    7.22015HD

    A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki...

    Seamstress
  • 1967
    A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

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    An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces...

    A Covenant with Death
  • 1997
    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

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    Explores the realities of death-row inmates inside Huntsville (Texas) Unit, a prison with the highest number of executions in 1997. Features...

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row
  • 2003
    The Virtual Corpse

    The Virtual Corpse

    The Virtual Corpse

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    Documentary about the first human to donate his body to science so that it could be studied in the form of a 3D database of the entire anatomy that...

    The Virtual Corpse
  • 1897
    The Hanging of William Carr

    The Hanging of William Carr

    The Hanging of William Carr

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    The hanging of child murderer, William Carr

    The Hanging of William Carr
  • 2018
    Death and the Judge

    Death and the Judge

    Death and the Judge

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    The documentary, " Death and the Judge", revolves around Iran's most famous criminal judge, Azizmohammadi. He served as a criminal judge for 45 years...

    Death and the Judge
  • 1903
    The Execution

    The Execution

    The Execution

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    A child murderess is led to her execution.

    The Execution
  • 1917
    Who Shall Take My Life?

    Who Shall Take My Life?

    Who Shall Take My Life?

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    A man is found guilty of murdering a woman by way of circumstantial evidence, and is executed. Afterwards, it is discovered that his supposed victim...

    Who Shall Take My Life?