Movie Night: Documentary & Discussion - The Thin Blue Line (Death Penalty)

The Thin Blue Line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNL5A4D0G4g

Director: Errol Morris

Private detective turned documentary filmmaker extraordinaire, Errol Morris and his film The Thin Blue Line got an innocent man out of prison. How's that for impactful? While investigating a prosecution psychiatrist named Dr. James Grigson, Morris beame interested in the case of Randall Dale Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Dale_Adams), who was sentenced to life in prison for murder.

In November 1976, a Dallas police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop. Adams, who was riding in the car with a man named David Ray Harris, was convicted of killing the shooting, but through recreations and new interviews, Morris proves his innocence. Powerful stuff.