Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Take an unflinching look at the ultimate punishment, and go inside some of America's most notorious prisons to visit men sentenced to death. A&E debates one of the most controversial issues of law enforcement in American Justice: Death Penalty. In the 1960s, the death penalty was declared unconstitutional because of its inherent inequalities and randomness. A decade later, the Supreme Court reinstated the punishment beginning a societal argument that still rages on. A balanced view of the death penalty is presented with experts on both sides. The political and religious ramifications are introduced through interviews. So-called "Red Light Bandit" Caryl Chessman represents the personal side of the death penalty. His fight for freedom ended with his execution in the 1960s, after a prolonged court battle in California that attracted international attention and triggered widespread vigorous protests against capital punishment. He was the last person to die before the practice was forbidden.