Is The United State s Capital Punishment System Equal?

Deadly Injustice (2007): A look at the US capital punishment system, and the evidence that it is biased against the poor For downloads and more information visit http://journeyman.tv/57419/short-films/deadly-injustice.html Americans joke that the death penalty is known as capital punishment because only those without capital get punished. Virtually all the people on death row are poor. George Farland is waiting to die for a crime he claims he didn t commit. His state-appointed lawyer spent just a few hours preparing for the trial. At key moments in court, he fell asleep. "He would snore so hard he almost fell off the chair". The judge refused to wake him, saying there was nothing in the constitution that required lawyers to be awake. In Louisiana, public defenders are funded solely through parking fines. "It s become so ridiculous that one of the public defenders invested in a speed gun", states lawyer Richard Bourke. Now some death row inmates are turning to law students in a bid to overturn their convictions. ABC Australia - Ref. 3530 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.