By Ranylt Richildis | Comment Diversions | January 6, 2011 | Comments ()

There's no end of anti-death penalty movies (I see you there, Paths of Glory); in fact, I can't think of a single film that doesn't either denounce capital punishment, or show it being used for ill, or at the very least make the condemned person sympathetic while making us suspicious of the authority that kills him. Sure, there are propaganda movies that call for the extermination of enemies of the state, and there are vigilante movies like Death Wish, but I'm looking for films that feature people on death row, going through the system, facing the noose or the chair. But in, you know, a positive light--fuck Kafka and Dickens! Let's hear it for social remedies and poetic justice!

It would be great to see what people's favorite death penalty movies are, so please list away. But he or she who can name a PRO-death penalty film (or even novel) gets bragging rights and my cocked-eyebrow respect.

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