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Death Row, One Woman Band (1986 Video)

Subject

Law

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 45 min.

Looks at the death penalty in the USA and describes the work of Marie Deans, who secures the help of attorneys to argue for those on death row, usually with positive results. Includes interviews with inmates...

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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

Date

7 Jun 2012, 11:20

Author

Markeda Cole

Post Type

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For the week ending 25 May 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes range from 1. THE KING AND THE PLAYWRIGHT: A JACOBEAN HISTORY (BBC4) View TRILT record...

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Life and Death Row (2014)

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

Life and Death Row is a striking three part series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of the young people whose lives have been shaped by it. Going inside prison walls and meeting...

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Welcome to Death Row (2008)

Subject

Business studies; Music; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £12.99

Music label Death Row Records has, since its inception in the early ‘90s, become synonymous with American hip-hop culture. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label once boasted an impressive roster of...

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14 Days in May (1987 Video)

aka: Fourteen Days in May

Director

Paul Harmann

Producer

Paul Harmann

Subject

Law

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 90 min., 1999 sale: £6.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Records the last 14 days in the life of death row inmate Edward Earl Johnson, up until 15 minutes prior to his execution in May 1987. Shows how a scheduled execution affects prisoners, prison personnel and...

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Dna in the Dock (1995 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £19.95 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the civil liberties issues surrounding DNA testing and asks whether DNA should be accepted as authoritative scientific evidence in court cases. Looks at individuals who have been convicted of crimes...

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Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1993 Video)

Director

Nicholas Broomfield

Producer

Nicholas Broomfield; Rita Oord

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 85 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A documentary about Aileen Wuornos, claimed to be the world’s first convicted female serial killer, who is currently on Death Row in the Florida State Penitentiary. It raises the question of whether the...

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Smallpox on Death Row (1997 Video)

Producer

Bettina Lerner

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Although officially eradicated as a disease, the last samples of the smallpox virus, now held in the two top security laboratories in the USA and Siberia, are to be destroyed. But a debate has erupted over...

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Chimps on Death Row (1998 Video)

Producer

Sam Roberts

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the fate of chimpanzees used for scientific experiments, now no longer needed. In the past, they were used to develop aircraft ejection seats, undergo space travel experiments, and test vaccines...

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View to a Kill, A (1996 Video)

Director

Rod Williams

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the Kelley family of Texas, who exercised a new state right to watch the execution of the man who brutally killed their children Kara and Mark in 1988. Shows their week leading up to the execution,...

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