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The Execution Protocol
| Length: | 58 min |
| Released: | 1992 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
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Shot inside a state-of-the art maximum security prison in southeastern Missouri, the film delves into a world never before seen on camera. All of Potosi Correctional Center's inmates face either death or incarceration for life without parole. No one leaves the prison, except in a hearse.
Missouri has chosen lethal injection as the means of carrying out executions. In Potosi, executions are conducted in the prison hospital, using a lethal injection machine. The protocol is devised so that the burden of responsibility spreads across a number of individuals. The executioners speak openly about their role and the condemned men reflect on their lives. We see precisely what happens when the state takes a life.
Part of the four-part An Eye for Justice series.
Missouri has chosen lethal injection as the means of carrying out executions. In Potosi, executions are conducted in the prison hospital, using a lethal injection machine. The protocol is devised so that the burden of responsibility spreads across a number of individuals. The executioners speak openly about their role and the condemned men reflect on their lives. We see precisely what happens when the state takes a life.
Part of the four-part An Eye for Justice series.
Member of a series:
• Eye for Justice (Series)
Silver Hugo, Chicago International Festival, 1992
London Film Festival, 1992
London Film Festival, 1992
