A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Havoc, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films
- Keyword: prison, death penalty, right and justice, rape, rage and hate, unsociability, court case, court, nun, penalty, therapist, sentence, forgiveness, self-discovery, despair, prison cell, socially deprived family, death row, doomed man, death sentence, lethal injection, charity, mercy petition, cowardliness, angry, dreary, incredulous, depressing, bitter, callous, horrified
- Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey, Celia Weston