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Law and Order in Films and Documentaries

This guide contains categories of movies and documentaries concerning national and international legal and penal systems he films and documentaries' themes may accommodate more than the one category under which they are listed.

Death Row

The Green Mile by Writers:Stephen King, Frank Darabont | Director: Frank Darabont
Call Number: electronic resource

Publication Date: 1999 | 3h 9m

Death row criminal John Coffey has been sentenced for the murders of two innocent girls, but his kind manner doesn't seem to fit the mold of a cold killer. The prison guards soon discover that Coffey seems to have supernatural powers of healing.source: SWANK database
The Shawshank Redemption by Writers: Stephen King, Frank Darabont | Director: Frank Darabont
Call Number: electronic resource

Publication Date: 1994 | 2h 22m

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion. source: IMDB online database