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In 1999, twenty-year-old Khristian Oliver was sentenced to death in Nacogdoches, Texas after being found guilty of murder. In this Christian community, the fact that the Bible was used as a guide in the jury room was not questioned. This documentary about Oliver¹s trial and its aftermath paints a vivid picture of Christian fundamentalism and the extent to which it is spread across the Bible Belt. more »
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Beating Justice looks at the intersection of race, class and the juvenile justice system in Florida, and uncovers a system of abuse and denial that resulted in the death of a teenage boy and the acquittal of seven guards despite strong evidence. more »
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This film examines domestic violence from a personal perspective, focusing on an abuser and a victim, who each discuss their backgrounds and their determination to break the patterns of violence that have governed their lives more »
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This global court room drama reveals how the health of countless people was compromised by the aggressive marketing strategies of the tobacco industry. At stake are billions of dollars. more »
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Shows the disastrous effects of US drug policy on farmers in Bolivia and Colombia. more »
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This documentary on gang rape and acquaintance rape is a compelling view of what is happening on college campuses. more »
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A poignant portrayal of the effect on an entire family when one of its members faces execution. Part of the Eye for Justice series. more »
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This film, ten years in the making, investigates the death of Jonny Gammage at the hands of Brentwood (Pittsburgh) police officers. It develops into an impassioned plea for ending police brutality. more »
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Shows a state-of-the-art maximum security prison, Potosi Correctional Center, where all the inmates face either death or life in prison without parole. more »
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Although hemp is used to make rope, paper and even food and oils, a war has been waged against the plant because of its drug properties. Yet there are thirty five maladies and symptoms on which marijuana has a beneficial effect. more »
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While many have characterized WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange as a heroic champion of free speech, his ongoing exposé of US foreign policy would not have been possible without the work of Private Bradley Manning. Reporter Quentin McDermott tells the inside story of Bradley Manning and his daring intelligence heist. more »
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This film focuses on three survivors of sexual assaults, two women and a man, who poignantly and openly share their experience and its aftermath. more »
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With DNA profiling and new laws, police are better able to solve crimes, even crimes committed years earlier. This timely program traces the development of DNA profiling in forensic science and shows how effective it is in identifying criminals. more »
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Families often pass violent behavior on from one generation to the other. Parents, children and professionals share their experience and insight. more »
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Based on Dwight Conquergood's research, this documentary gives voice to the street youth and reveals their underground culture. It weaves an intricate web of symbols and passions, territory and brotherhood, honor and—all too often—death. more »
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Holy Water-Gate explores the lengths to which sexual abuse has been systematically obscured throughout the nation. It presents startling testimony from an admitted priest perpetrator, church officials and victims, as well as the story of Father John Bambrick who was himself molested by a priest as an adolescent and continues to seek justice for fellow victims more »
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Salamanca, New York, is the only city in the US situated entirely on land owned by Native Americans, from whom the townspeople rented their property. But in 1991, the lease expired and the two communities were caught in a web of historical injustice. more »
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When a sexual predator is released from jail, his accusers often worry that they may now be at risk, or that he will return to their community, placing others in danger. In the situation presented in this compelling film, it is the convicted criminal who is being stalked. more »
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Kiran Bedi is small woman with a huge mission. A police woman and a social reformer, she has been compared to Mother Theresa and Mahatma Gandhi. more »
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This gripping documentary introduces a young public defender in Washington, D.C., extraordinarily committed to young black men and women who cannot afford representation. more »
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No religion is growing faster in Western prisons than Islam. In the U.S. alone there are more than 200,00 converts. They are mainly black converts searching for an alternative to Christianity. more »
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This short film explores the symbiotic relationship between the media, crime, and the judicial system and shows how today's 24/7 news culture and television dramas create a climate of fear. more »
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Almost every person charged with committing a serious crime in Japan is convicted and goes to jail. Jury trials simply do not exist and convictions are based on confessions. The filmmaker obtained rare access to Japan's jails, where a cruel, secret system allows the abuse, torture and death of inmates. more »
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Twenty-two year old Miguel Martinez has been languishing on death row in Huntsville, Texas, for five years, while his co-defendant, the son of a judge, was let off for giving state’s evidence. more »
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In a small West Texas town, a parent refuses to have his 12-year-old son undergo mandatory drug testing. This conservative farmer forms an unlikely alliance with the American Civil Liberties Union to fight for his son's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search. more »
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Life Sentence gives voice to six formerly incarcerated men and women, some of whom were sentenced as adolescents. Each spent between 12 and 26 years in prison, and must now find a way, economically and emotionally, to rebuild life on the outside. more »
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Why did a shy student with no criminal record commit the worst gun rampage in US history? Psychologists, professors and witnesses try to understand the causes behind the tragedy. more »
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This film explores the lives of four child molesters. Three are in treatment at the nation's largest community-based facility in Seattle; we witness dramatic group therapy sessions and learn how devastating this crime is to the child and the family. more »
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Twenty-year-old Jennifer Wittberger, an attractive young woman from an affluent family, destroyed herself with her heroin addiction. Her story is told through the eyes of her best friend who was helpless to save Jenny. more »
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No Tomorrow focuses on the murder of Risa Bejarano, the principal subject of Aging Out, a documentary about teenagers leaving foster care. The film explores how Aging Out unexpectedly documented the last year of Risa’s life and became the centerpiece of a chilling homicide investigation and death penalty trial. more »
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This documentary investigates the results of a stern policy that allows juveniles as young as thirteen to be tried as adults and incarcerated with adult criminals. more »
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This film focuses on the small village of New Paltz, N.Y. where the 26-year-old mayor Jason West stunned his neighbors and the nation by performing 25 same-sex marriages in defiance of state law. The film probes the debate on same-sex marriage as it relates to the Constitution and the family. more »
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Original intent is the judicial philosophy stating the US Constitution should be interpreted in the way the Founding Fathers understood it in 1789, rather than a flexible legal document meant to evolve with society. This film argues that the far right is using originalism to advance a radically conservative political agenda. more »
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This film documents the tribal custom of honor killings which permits a family member to kill a woman who has sullied the family's moral standard. This film focuses on Palestinian villages where such killings are sanctioned and go unpunished. ( more »
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This masterful documentary examines pornography in its social and historical context. It explores whether freedom of expression and the preservation of values which define a civilized society are irreconcilable.Well-known law professors, civil rights advocates and feminists give their views. more »
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This dramatized documentary drawn verbatim from testimony examines the painful story of the only known Jew to be lynched in America. Originally from New York, Leo Frank was the manager of a pencil factory in Atlanta in 1913, when he was falsely accused and convicted in the rape and murder of a worker. more »
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This CBC film delves into the world of forensic science and looks at some of the latest techniques in high-tech sleuthing. more »
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In a Phoenix, Arizona penitentiary, Sheriff Joe Arpalo has initiated an extremely controversial deterrent for juvenile delinquency, called 'Smart Tents' .It involves incarcerating children who have broken the law in a real prison for two days to show them what they could become as adults if dont clean up their act. more »
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A sensitive look at incarcerated women who give birth and care for their babies in prison. more »
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Shot over four years, "Prison Town USA" follows prison guards, inmates and their families as well as the townspeople of Susanville, California, to shed light on the human costs of incarceration. more »
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Six American states have voted in legislation to castrate sex offenders and release them back into the community. Is this really safe for the community? Part of the Eye for Justice series. more »
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A gripping documentary that offers a compelling investigation of America’s death penalty, probing how race discrimination infects our capital punishment system. more »
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A compassionate portrait of a young man on death row for three years. A.J. Bannister is granted a stay of execution at the last minute, when it is revealed that his crime was really second degree, rather than first degree, murder. more »
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This highly-charged documentary examines the causes and consequences of rape, one of the fastest growing crimes in the America. It includes an emotional confrontation between rapists and victims of rape. more »
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This powerful video focuses on participants in a program at Oregon State Hospital aimed at rehabilitating sex offenders. more »
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This gripping documentary exposes the alarming rise of sexual predators on the Internet. more »
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This film was inspired by the true story of two African-American men on death row. The younger man is being coached to read by the older man, who implores him to fail an IQ test in order to save his life. more »
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This film focuses on the myths and realities of prostitution as related by seven women formerly in "the life." more »
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A sensitive study of the effect on children when their mothers are incarcerated. more »
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This multi-award winning program about childhood sexual abuse dramatizes the life story of victims who grew up never feeling safe in their own home. It is delicately told, with no graphic, sexual or violent scenes. more »
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