In 2000, Illinois Gov. George Ryan ordered a moratorium on the death penalty after university students uncovered new evidence proving the innocence of 13 men on death row. This documentary follows the hearings held by a panel Ryan appointed to study the issue and interviews activists, scholars and prisoners, while examining the history of the American death penalty. As Ryan's time in office comes to an end, he must decide what steps to take to reform the judicial system.

Going behind the lines to expose crimes against humanity.
When atrocities are committed by ruthless dictators, Human Rights Watch sends in its Emergencies Team of fiercely intelligent, dedicated investigators. On the front lines of combat zones in Syria and Libya, E-Team members document bullet holes, burnt corpses and mass graves while gathering eyewitness testimony of attacks on innocent civilians by brutal regimes...then risk their lives to deliver the evidence to the news media and criminal courts.