Fourteen Days in May

Name: Fourteen Days in May
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-11-11
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Clive Stafford Smith

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1987

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87 min

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Documentary

Overview

A camera crew follows Edward Earl Johnson, a man falsely convicted of rape and murder, during his last 14 days on death row. Everyone involved is interviewed, Johnson himself, his family, the warden, prison guards and other inmates. We also witness the futile attempts by his attorney to save his life.

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Keywords

death penalty

mississippi river

falsely accused

gas chamber

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Clive Stafford Smith

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@Geronimo1967

March 13, 2026

7/10

If there was ever to be a documentary to convince us of the profound flaws of a legal system that implements the death penalty, then this might be it. James Earl Johnson has been on death row for eight years following his conviction for the murder of a local deputy and the attempted rape of a sixty …

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