This entry in the American Justice series takes a hard look at prison reform and our criminal justice system and asks whether our society treats its prisoners with human dignity. Solitary confinement, restricted diets (like bread & water), surgical castration (a condition of probation) for rapists, botched executions--ranging from electric chairs with serious shorts, to lethal injections and gas chambers that often fail--the cases profiled in this program ask us to reconsider the definitions of words such as "justice" and "reform." Sure to be popular with the recent video release of Dead Man Walking. Other new titles in the series include: Juvenile Justice, Prostitution: Sex and the Law, and Cop Killers. Highly recommended. Aud: J, H, C, P. (N. Plympton)
Cruel and Unusual
(A&E, 50 min., $19.95, PPR) Vol. 11, Issue 4
Cruel and Unusual
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