Life and Death Row

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Life and Death Row
GenreDocumentary
No. of series3
Original release
Network BBC
ReleaseMarch 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)

Life and Death Row is a BBC documentary television series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it.

Contents

Series

Series 1

TitleTitleOriginal air date
1"Execution"17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)
Follows the final hours before the scheduled executions of two of the youngest men on death row in Texas, Richard Cobb and Anthony Haynes [1]
2"Judgement"24 March 2014 (2014-03-24)
Follows the trial of the Glynn County mass murder where Guy Heinze, Jr. was accused of murdering his entire family of eight in their trailer park home in Georgia. [2]
3"Crisis Stage"31 March 2014 (2014-03-31)
Follows law student on placement at the Death Penalty Clinic at University of Houston Law Center, mounting last-ditch appeals for two of the youngest killers facing execution, Robert Lynn Pruett and Robert Garza. [3]

Series 2

TitleTitleOriginal air date
1"Execution"15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)
Follows the case of death row inmate Daniel Lee Lopez, who was convicted of murdering a Corpus Christi city police officer by hitting him with his SUV as he was trying to evade capture following a routine traffic stop. The programme follows, Lopez, his family and city officials in the weeks and months leading up to and after his execution. [4]
2"Punishment"22 February 2016 (2016-02-22)
Follows the trial of Shawn Ford Jr. who was accused of the murder of Jeff and Margaret Schobert in New Franklin, Ohio. The program follows both the trial and determination of the imposition of the death penalty. [5]
3"Truth"1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)
Follows the cases of Austin Myers and Timothy Moseley, both charged with the murder of Justin Back. Myers and Moseley both gave different stories to the authorities. The programme follows the police investigation to establish what actually happened. [6]
4"Forgiveness"14 June 2016 (2016-06-14)
Follows 23 year-old TT Trottie on his journey as he prepares to lose another parent after his father, Willie Tyrone Trottie, was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of TT's mother Barbara Canada and her brother, Titus, in Houston in May 1993, when TT was just 18 months old. [7]

Series 3

Series 3 was the first series following the move of BBC Three to an online-only format. Love Triangle consisted of eight shorts recounting the police investigation, trial and sentencing of the murder of Heather Strong. These episodes last for approximately 10 minutes each in contrast to the hour long episodes of series 1 and 2.

The Mass Execution consists of four 60 or 75 minute episodes looking at the eight inmates on Arkansas death row whose executions were pushed forward due to the expiration date on the Midazolam used in these executions. [8]

Reception

Series One received generally positive reviews from The Independent [9] and The Telegraph. [10]

Series Three was praised by The Guardian , including praising the adaptation of the program to online-only mini-series. [11]

Awards

Life and Death Row was awarded a BAFTA in 2015 for Best Television Factual Series [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "BBC Three - Life and Death Row, Series 1, Execution".
  2. ↑ "BBC Three - Life and Death Row, Series 1, Judgement".
  3. ↑ "BBC Three - Life and Death Row, Series 1, Crisis Stage".
  4. ↑ "BBC Three - Life and Death Row, Series 2, Execution".
  5. ↑ "BBC Three - Life and Death Row, Series 2, Punishment".
  6. ↑ "BBC Three - Life and Death Row, Series 2, Truth".
  7. ↑ "BBC Three - Life and Death Row, Series 2, Forgiveness". March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Life and Death Row: the Mass Execution – a valiant, important attempt to tell an astonishing story". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Life and Death Row, review: Compelling case for BBC3 to stay on TV". The Independent. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Life and Death Row, BBC Three, review". The Telegraph. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Lawson, Mark (25 April 2016). "Life and Death Row: Love Triangle – your new true crime TV obsession". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "2015 Television Factual Series | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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