TOO FLAWED TO FIX: The Illinois Death Penalty Experience
The many injustices of the American capital punishment system are examined and exposed in this searing documentary.
Interviews with wrongfully incarcerated men, former Illinois Governor George Ryan, experts from Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions, and murder victims' family members are interwoven and form a multi-faceted argument against the state's use of capital punishment.
Aired in two segments in Chicago on ABC's Sanctuary program.
DVD. Color, 53 minutes. English, Spanish and French subtitles.
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Winner of Midwest EMMY Award for Outstanding Public Affairs series.
VOICES FROM THE FILM
Perry Cobb
"I had no feelings. I didn’t like, I didn’t love, I didn’t hate, nothing was there. I was just an empty hull."
-On being wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death. He spent 7 years on Illinois' death row.
Jeanne Bishop
"Nancy never would have wanted her memorial to be the death of another human being. There is no point in spilling more blood, it would not bring her back to us, it wouldn't make us feel any better, it wouldn't restore our loss. It would only create another grieving family. It would dig another grave."
-On the murder of her sister Nancy
Senator Paul Simon
"As you examine the issue, people just inevitably start moving against capital punishment."