The Reentry Project. Deadline / Dateline NBC
In 2002, a group of Northwestern journalism students discover that three
Illinois death row inmates received wrongful convictions. As a statewide
debate on capital punishment ensues, Governor George Ryan, a longtime death
penalty advocate, is the only person capable of granting clemency to 167
death row inmates. With remarkable access to the clemency hearings and insightful
interviews with key figures,
Deadline
delivers a taut, pulsing narrative that follows Ryan to his astonishing
decision. Aired July 30, 2004.
