By Maggie Burnette Stogner on April 8, 2016
In the Executioner’s Shadow reveals a penetrating look at the consequences of the death penalty. This independent documentary tackles the tough issues of justice and capital punishment.
It weaves three personal narratives: One pro, One con, and the rarely heard perspective of a former executioner who reveals an astonishing story. Over the past three years, filmmaker Maggie Burnette Stogner has been collaborating with author Rick Stack and filmed over 50 hours of footage with their main characters, as well as with thought-leaders such as the former head of NAACP Ben Jealous, author of Dead Man Walking Sister Helen, author and retributionist Robert Blecker, and others. This film will be a catalyst for justice reform.
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