Death Penalty: Executions on Death Row

A shocking indictment against capital punishment detailing the history of the death sentence and featuring graphic scenes of executions from across the world. More than 26 million people have been executed since 1900. Is this State-sponsored murder or justice? This documentary offers shocking insight into the rights and wrongs of the ultimate act of retribution. Chronicling the use of the Death Penalty in the 20th Century and examining the tools of the executioner's grim trade. This film questions the so-called humane execution; and in doing so indicts the mass-murderers of barbarous regimes. The images of death, drawn from around the world, are as shocking as they are tragic. But only by witnessing them and understanding their background, can you hope to decide for yourself when, if ever, the death sentence is the punishment that fits the crime.