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21) The green mile
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
On the death-row cellblock at Cold Mountain Penitentiary miracles have come to life through a gentle giant with supernatural powers that brings a senses of spirit and humanity to the guards and other inmates.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a young African-American man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who tries to impart to him his learning and pride before the execution.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A tense, death-row drama-meet brash FBI investigator Poppy Rice in Love Her Madly, the first of a winning new series by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Poppy Rice is home in her D.C. apartment with very little furniture and lots of boxes she still hasn't unpacked after five years. It's three a.m. and she's suffering from her usual insomnia. While polishing her nails, she watches a tape of the CBS Evening News-Dan Rather is interviewing convicted ax-murderer...
25) Into the abyss
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill, and why a state kills.
26) The loop
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Luka Kane has spent 736 days wrongfully imprisoned inside the Loop awaiting his execution. Each day is the same. Each day is torturous. But things are starting to change. Whispers of war are circulating. Strange things are happening to the prisoners. And the warden delivers a message: Luka, you have to get out ... Now Luka must decide whether breaking out of the Loop is his only way to survive, especially if there's any chance of saving the ones...
27) Native son
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young black man finds release only in acts of violence.
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Eliza Benedict unexpectedly hears from the man who kidnapped her when she was twelve and who is now on death row for the rape and murder of his final victim; but as she finds herself being drawn into his situation, it becomes apparent that he has a hidden agenda.
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story of love and forgiveness, Karla Faye Tucker, once a prostitute and pick-axe killer, becomes a media giant, a poster girl for Christian restoration, and Texas' worst nightmare as the first woman to be executed in over 100 years.
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