The Execution Protocol

In a stark view of life on death row, this documentary explores the cold, mechanical process of lethal injection execution and its effect on prisoners, jailers, and politicians. The film focuses on the process of taking a prisoner's life, and questions whether such an inhuman, systematic killing really distances the executioner from the murder any more than if such life were taken in cold blood on the street. The movie leaves the viewer to make their own decisions, but tells the story in such a stark fashion as to reveal many uncomfortable details about the Missouri protocol.