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Yes, I didn't realize how careless our judicial system was with convicting people of crimes. College journalism students solved crimes that Lawyers and judges falsely accused people of commiting.

Yes. The film taught me that even innocent people are sometimes convicted as guilty and are given the death penalty. I also learned that the death penalty is unfair, because it gets guilty people out of living with the guilt of killing someone.

It did teach me a little more than I did know. I did not know how the treated they people committed to get an answer out of them. My brother works at a county Jail as a transporter of crimnals and has not seen them do that to anyone, probably depends on the state. I personally did not believe them at first until my brother told me the person he works with has seen it done. I do think it is wrong, they would not just give up the death pentaly up because of a couple opinions.

They could eliminate corruptin in the system. They could also pick a more diverse jury. For example, to not pick an all white jury when the accused person is of African American desent, in a Southern state known for not liking African Americans.

If they were to ensure that they need to make sure they see what could happen if they did. Some ways may be a good way but some may be the better way. They should work on changing what they already have then adding more rules.

Government officials could ensure a fairer criminal justice system by offering equal representation for the poor, the rich, and minorities.

Gabriel Solache. How could he have known what he was saying or how could those there have known what he was saying. The police only had one person that was talking to him. I was under the impression that we had to have more than one reliable witness

David Keaton. He was held for six additional years after his exoneration when the actualy killer was identified and convicted.

Governor George H. Ryan was the most interesting character in the film to me, because he was trying to prove the point that the death penalty was unfair. He was speaking out for many people who believed the same thing. It was interesting to listen to his arguements, too.

I wasn't really sure why we were watching the movie at first. We hadnt discussed it. It turned out pretty good.

I thought that the movie helped people speak out against the death penalty. People got to tell their opinion on what they thought about it. I thought that the part where they let people tell family members who were killed and then whether they believed the death penalty should be legal or not. I was surprised that so many people didn't want the people who killed their relatives to be given the death penalty until I took the time to think about it. Then I realized that I wouldn't want them to be killed either, because I would want them to have to live with the pain that they caused me.

Great film. Unusual in its thoughtfulness which seems to be rare in this country any more. I think you could have gone more in depth into just exactly how those you potrayed were wrongfully convicted. That would really bolster the argument for why our justice system is not working and encourage support for removing the death penalty. Also, was Scheble wrongfully convicted? It was unclear. Thanks a lot. Chris in Boise.