The Thin Blue Line *****

Director: Errol Morris

Year: 1988

In 1976 a 16 year old kid by the name of David Harris murdered a Dallas police officer. David Harris testified to police that the 28 year old Randall Adams was the murderer.

Randall Adams was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death.

In 1989, a year after this documentary came out, Randall Adams' case was reviewed, and he was released.

If a documentary can do such a fine job in its investigation as to set an innocent man free, then it must be worth watching.

At least that's what I thought when I heard about The Thin Blue Line, a film that many critics hail as one of the greatest documentaries in history. It pioneered crime-scene re-enactments and its straight-forward story telling and investigation into why Randall Adams was wrongly convicted is not only riveting to watch, but a shocking exposé on the ability for corruption to sentence innocent men to death.

David Harris was a lifetime violent criminal while Randall Adams sat on death row.

David Harris was eventually caught for another murder, and convicted on an open and shut case in which he murdered a man in the process of trying to kidnap his girlfriend.

David Harris was excecuted in Huntsville Texas in 2004.

A must see.