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Original title: At the Death House Door
Year: 2008
Running time: 98 min.
Country: United States
Director: Peter Gilbert, Steve James
Cast: Documentary, Self: Carroll Pickett, Steve Mills, Maurice Possley, Anne Ellis, Charlotte Hirschfelder, Karel Henry, Ed Garza, Jim Willett, Roy Villanueva, Rodney Smith, Preston Rodrigues
Music: Leo Sidran
Cinematography: Peter Gilbert
Producer: Kartemquin Films
Genre: Documentary. Drama | Crime. Biography
Synopsis: Pickett presided over 95 executions in his 15 year career, including the very first by lethal injection. He kept his feelings about his work from his family, instead audiotaping an account of each one. Initially pro-execution, he became an anti-death penalty activist.

Pickett was most affected by the execution of Carlos DeLuna in 1989. He firmly believed in De Luna's innocence. In 2006, Chicago Tribune reporters Maurice Possley and Steve Mills published a detailed investigation suggesting that another man had committed the crime for which De Luna was executed, and the film recounts the evidence brought forth in that investigation.

Awards: 2008: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director / Documentary

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At the Death House Door

2008

Peter Gilbert, Steve James