Synopsis

America's death penalty is in crisis. Botched executions, spiralling costs and shrinking public support has put capital punishment under more scrutiny than ever before. The Penalty goes behind the scenes to reveal what the death penalty does to a victims family, an innocent man, and a lawyer who fights and fails to stop a botched execution, all while asking: who does the death penalty serve?

America's death penalty is in crisis. Botched executions, spiralling costs and shrinking public support has put capital punishment under more scrutiny than ever before. The Penalty goes behind the scenes to reveal what the death penalty does to a victims family, an innocent man, and a lawyer who fights and fails to stop a botched execution, all while asking: who does the death penalty serve?