Showing posts with label Appeals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Appeals. Show all posts

THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE


Release Date: 2003
Director: Alan Parker
Distributor: Universal Pictures

An anti-death-penalty activist is convicted of rape and murder and put on death row.

DEAD MAN WALKING


Release Date: 1995
Director: Tim Robbins
Distributor: Gramercy Pictures

A nun befriends a convict on death row.

THE CHAMBER


Release Date:
Director: James Foley
Distributor: Universal Pictures

A young lawyer represents his grandfather who is on death row.

GIDEON'S TRUMPET


Release Date: 1980
Director: Robert E. Collins
Distributor: Columbia Broadcasting System

The true story of the case that established the right to assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings.

JUST CAUSE


Release Date: 1995
Director: Arne Glimcher
Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures

A man is tried and convicted of murder. Years later he calls upon a Harvard law professor to present him in his appeal.

THE HURRICANE


Release Date: 1999
Director: Norman Jewison
Distributor: Universal Pictures

The true story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a fighter who was convicted of murder and received three life sentences. A young boy and several activist are inspired by his biography and work to set him free.