The film
The Green Mile (1999) takes up the controversial issue of the death penalty. During the mid and late 90's, the number of executions taken out by the United States had dramatically increased reaching a high of 98 executions in 1999. this was carried out by a nation which, by the mid 1970's declared an abolition of the capital punishment. This article is featured in the Prison Film Project website where it discusses the reaction of the increased death penalty rates through different hollywood films.
"Death penalty films of the 1990s tended to reproduce rather than challenge the notions of criminality that underpin a belief in the death penalty in contemporary America."
-Austin Sarat
The film The Green Mile (1999) takes up the controversial issue of the death penalty. During the mid and late 90's, the number of executions taken out by the United States had dramatically increased reaching a high of 98 executions in 1999. this was carried out by a nation which, by the mid 1970's declared an abolition of the capital punishment. This article is featured in the Prison Film Project website where it discusses the reaction of the increased death penalty rates through different hollywood films.
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