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The People vs. Paul Crump is a 1962 documentary about the prisoner Paul Crump who was on death row for robbery and murder.
The People vs. Paul Crump: Directed by William Friedkin. With Paul Crump, Major James Harris, Mary Alice Harris. Paul Crump, age 22, was caught up in a failed robbery with four other black men and was sentenced to die in the electric chair.
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Jun 2, 2014 · Convicted in part on a suspect confession, Paul Crump had been sentenced to death in 1953 for his participation in a payroll robbery at the Libby, McNeill & Libby meatpacking plant that resulted in the brutal slaying of a security guard. At 22, Crump was the youngest person on Illinois’ Death Row.
Paul Crump, age 22, was caught up in a failed robbery with four other black men and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. Friedkin so believed in Crump's innocence that he made The People vs. Paul Crump in order to save his life.
true crime doc in an awkward transition time between authorative docs and direct cinema, People V PC combines reenactments, stagings and interviews to tell a story of a wrongfully convicted man and peels back the curtain on a chapter in the storied history of Chicago police torture
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- William Friedkin
Synopsis. Paul Crump, age 22, was caught up in a failed robbery with four other black men and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. Friedkin so believed in Crump’s innocence that he made The People vs. Paul Crump in order to save his life.
Paul Crump, 22 at the time of his arrest, was prosecuted for the crime and sentenced to die in the electric chair. Between 1953 and 1962, Crump was at the brink of execution 15 times. Film director William Friedkin met Crump in prison and became so convinced of the man's innocence that he created this powerful documentary to examine the truth.
