Life On Death Row - Documentary Analysis

One of the documentary's I have chosen to analysis is a BBC Three documentary called Life On Death Row in this documentary they focus on two people who are in death row leading up to there final days and also interview both them and the victims of there crimes getting both sides, this documentary is very different any I have seen before for example there are no one leading the documentary no voice over no interviewer just the odd words to say what day it is they do most of the description of the documentary through the victims and the criminals explain what had happen and also through the victims going back to the scene of the crimes and explaining what happen and also flash of pictures of the victims.  

Even thou the victims get emotional the camera does stay on them and does a weird effect of showing all the victims and then the two different criminals no words are needed as I feel it sums up the documentary as forgiveness and regret.

These are the the victims daughters 

This is the guy who killed there dad who was a off duty police officer

And this is the criminals Dad, it shows both sides on how it can effect both families

They show the victims daughters, the wife and then the person who committed the crime and then his family members all while a preacher is praying for him and his family, this documentary does a good job at not just showing one side of the argument and saying yes this man should die but showing the effects of his family and the victims family and gives the audience a winder view on the death penalty in America and how strong they are with putting people on it. The one question they is asked which I think is something that doesn't just stick with the victims but also the audience is if they agree with the person being killed, do they agree with the death penalty and the two daughters say guilt is there for someone dieing but they do want justice for there father so leads the audience to question is the death penalty right or is the death penalty right for everyone?  

The documentary itself is so different mainly because of it's grittiness and how it doesn't try to hide the facts it gets right into the true effects of murder and the death penalty in America, which i personally feel is a real issue that people face in America as a lot of people are against it while on the other hand just as many people are for it. The way it really tries to get this through to the audience is like I said showing both sides of it and not holding back on any details or images. They also focus on how both of the crinmals focus on god and how they really feel about being in here and knowing that they will die in the next couple of days, that there's no second chance that this is it while get there full opinion/feelings on it they ask the same thing to the victims and the families even thou most documentary's wouldn't either be able to ask that or just plain wouldn't as i said previous this documentary does not hold back on anything and let's you sort of feel how everyone effected from what has happen feels and really pulls at the audience heart strings.