Juror Number Six

Juror Number Six, a gripping short documentary film for the Internet, explores the symbiotic relationships between the media, race, crime and punishment. This Rachel Lyon film features C3 Director Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. and Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. of Harvard Law School, among others. To view it, click here: http://jurornumbersix.com/

Race to Execution

Race to Execution, a film by Rachel Lyon, is a provocative and haunting portrait of how race infects the American criminal justice system. It traces the fates of two death row inmates – Robert Tarver in Russell County, Alabama and Madison Hobley in Chicago, Illinois.

Lyon used studies conducted by the Center for Communications and Community in her research to prepare the film. Here are two excerpts from Race to Execution.

Excerpt #1

Race and Death Row: Shows that American attitudes about the death penalty are changing but that race remains the single most important factor in capital punishment cases (1 minute, 32 seconds).

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Excerpt #2

Media, Race and Justice: Explores how the media, especially TV news coverage, promotes a fear of crime and the erroneous perception that perception that violent criminals are dark-skinned and that the victims are often white (1 minute, 30 seconds).

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