Deadline (2004)
90 min
In 2000, Illinois Gov. George Ryan ordered a moratorium on the death penalty after university students uncovered new evidence proving the innocence of 13 men on death row. This documentary follows the hearings held by a panel Ryan appointed to study the issue and interviews activists, scholars and prisoners, while examining the history of the American death penalty. As Ryan's time in office comes to an end, he must decide what steps to take to reform the judicial system.
- Release date
- October 5, 2004
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Anthony Amsterdam as Self - Defense Attorney, Furman v. Georgia
- Jeanne Bishop as Self - Opposes Death Penalty
- Stephen Bright as Self - Southern Center for Human Rights
- Donald Cabana as Self - Former Warden, Parchman Prison
- Tom Cross as Self - Illinois House Republican Leader
- Robert Curley as Self - Opposes Death Penalty
- Renny Cushing as Self - Executive Director, Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation
- Gary Gauger as Self - Exonerated Death Row Inmate
Crew
- George W. Bush · Archive footage
- John Chancellor · Archive footage
- Katy Chevigny · Director
- Kirsten Johnson · Director
- Charles Olivier · Writer
- Katy Chevigny · Producer
- Dallas Brennan Rexer · Producer
- Dan Marocco · Composer
- Peter Nashel · Composer
- Kirsten Johnson · Cinematographer
- Carol Dysinger · Editor
- Kate Hirson · Editor
- Charles Olivier · Editor