The Empty Chair: Death Penalty Yes or No

Tells 4 stories or murder victims' families confronting loss and punishment. Intimately reveals a hidden view of murder's aftermath: Families left behind, their lives torn apart by the random loss of a loved one. The film documents 4 compelling stories of family members as they relive the brutal details of the murders; express their rage at the justice system that renders them invisible; demand or denounce punishment by death; struggle to forgive and to heal. Other voices in the documentary: Donald Cabana, a former death-row warden whose first-hand experiences with the executive system unfold in chilling detail; and a nun, Sister Helen Prejean, who as Spiritual Advisor to inmates sentenced to die, believes that we are all better than our worst acts.

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