Produced by the Texas Moratorium Network, this 2002 documentary provides a careful examination of the death penalty process in Texas and examines the questions: Do defendants receive effective counsel? What role has police and prosecutorial misconduct played in capital murder cases? Does it make sense to execute people with mental disabilities or juvenile offenders?
"Balancing the Scales" includes commentary and interviews with exonerated death row prisoners, the mother of a murder victim, a professor of criminal justice, a former judge and district attorney, a Texas state representative and parents of prisoners executed by the state of Texas. 1 hr. Download here.
