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Condemned Practice Mode (2017)

Condemned Practice Mode poster
Original title
徐自強的練習題
Directed by
Ji Yue Chun
Genre
documentary film
Country
Taiwan
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the case of Hsu Tzu-chiang, a man in Taiwan who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Over 21 years he faced multiple death sentences and life in prison before finally being acquitted in 2016.

emotionally heavyslow-pacedcontemplativesobergut-wrenchinggrimneutral-toned

What happens

,是臺灣導演紀岳君的紀錄片作品,以臺灣冤案徐自強案為題材。 1995年黃春樹命案徐自強被其中的兩名嫌犯黃春棋、陳憶隆供稱為幕後主使,而在審判過程中歷經70多位法官認為徐自強有罪,並7度被判處死刑、2次的無期徒刑纏訟了21年之久,最終在2016年的更九審獲判無罪。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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