On Death Row (2012)

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 8 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Werner Herzog interviews prisoners on death row in the United States. Each episode focuses on a different case and the person convicted of the murder.

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What happens

On Death Row is a television mini-series written and directed by Werner Herzog about capital punishment in the United States. The series grew out of the same project which produced Herzog's documentary film Into the Abyss. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2012, on Channel 4. Each episode of the series focuses on a specific murder case and those convicted of the crimes, each of whom was on death row during filming. The cases profiled are: James Barnes, convicted of two murders. Executed by lethal injection in Florida on August 3, 2023. Joseph Garcia and George Rivas, members of the Texas Seven. Rivas, the leader of the Texas Seven, was executed on February 29, 2012, aged 41. Garcia was executed on December 4, 2018. Hank Skinner, convicted of murdering a woman and her two sons. Skinner died at Hospital Galveston in Galveston, Texas, on February 16, 2023. He was 60. His attorneys said he died due to complications following surgery in December 2022 to remove a brain tumor. Linda Carty, convicted of murdering a woman and stealing her four-day-old child. Robert Fratta, convicted for hiring two men to murder his wife. Executed by lethal injection in Texas on January 10, 2023. Darlie Routier, convicted of murdering her five-year-old son, Damon. Two of her sons, Damon and 6-year-old Devon, were killed in the attack, but she was only tried for the murder of Damon. Blaine Milam, convicted of killing his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter. Executed by lethal injection in Texas on September 25, 2025. Milam previously received two prior execution dates for January 15, 2019, and January 21, 2021; however, both were stayed. Douglas Feldman, convicted of shooting two truck drivers in a traffic altercation. Executed by lethal injection in Texas on July 31, 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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