Frontline

Season 17 Episode 3: The Execution

44 SeasonsSep 23, 1998TV-PG1h 30m8.6

Alan Austin set out to tell a story of Capital Punishment. Beginning in 1995 an analysis is made of several people on Death Row in Texas. Settling on the story of Clifford Boggess, his relatives and the relatives of those he murdered.

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Season 17 Episodes:

Episode 1 Snitch

1. Snitch

Aired: Sep 21, 1998

A look at how the U.S. government relies on informants in drug prosecutions a...

Episode 2 The Triumph of Evil

2. The Triumph of Evil

Aired: Sep 22, 1998

Circumstances around Rwanda genocide and the deaths of Belgian Nato soldiers.

Episode 3 The Execution

3. The Execution

Aired: Sep 23, 1998

Alan Austin set out to tell a story of Capital Punishment. Beginning in 1995 ...

Episode 4 Russian Roulette

4. Russian Roulette

Aired: Sep 29, 1998

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, how safe is Russia's nuclear arsenal?

Episode 6 Spying on Saddam

6. Spying on Saddam

Aired: Oct 13, 1998

Chronicles the United Nation's dramatic eight-year long effort to find and di...

Episode 7 Give War a Chance

7. Give War a Chance

Aired: Oct 27, 1998

FRONTLINE explores bitter divide between military and civilian attitudes abou...

Episode 9 Making Babies

9. Making Babies

Aired: Jan 12, 1999

FRONTLINE examines revolution in reproduction and entrepreneurial atmosphere ...

Episode 10 Pop

10. Pop

Aired: Jan 26, 1999

In his first film, acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz creates a poignant ...

Episode 11 The Crash

11. The Crash

Aired: Feb 9, 1999

FRONTLINE explores global crisis that began as a real estate bust in Thailand...

Episode 13 Secrets of the SAT

13. Secrets of the SAT

Aired: Apr 13, 1999

How fair are standardized tests? What do they measure? And what's their impac...

Episode 14 Mafia Power Play

14. Mafia Power Play

Aired: Apr 27, 1999

Reveals the disturbing links between professional sports and international or...

Episode 16 Apocalypse!

16. Apocalypse!

Aired: May 25, 1999

From Waco and Littleton to Y2K and global warming, as millennium approaches, ...

Episode 17 Justice for Sale

17. Justice for Sale

Aired: Jun 1, 1999

An investigation of judicial elections and how the legal system and judicial ...


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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, News