First in a new documentary strand in which individuals or groups give an insight into the challenges faced by the many.
Every summer, a group of British law students travel to the United States to defend convicted murderers on death row. They have six weeks to investigate last-minute appeals in an attempt to save condemned men from the death sentence, but face a community which does not welcome the intervention of well-meaning foreigners in their execution of justice. Producer John Byrne Programme of the Week: page 115