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BAFTA award-winning TV show returns to the BBC ten years after it was first broadcast

BAFTA award-winning TV show returns to the BBC ten years after it was first broadcast

The BAFTA award-winning television show will return to the BBC in style.

Fresh off a series of major scandals, the publicly funded corporation is poised for a huge cash injection.

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Life And Death Row Will Soon Return To BBC Three With Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (pictured)Source: BBC

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The series will tell the stories of young people sentenced to deathSource: BBC

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Large-scale campaigns and the rise of social media have changed the culture around these issues.Source: BBC

Life and Death Row debuted on the BBC in 2014, and is now set to make a comeback.

Three new episodes of the documentary series will explore the issue of the death penalty in a drastically changed America.

The series was about how young people perceive the death penalty.

The lives of people whose lives were changed or shaped by U.S. policies were also examined.

The cameras rolled in a world dominated by the influence of celebrity culture and social media, coupled with an uncertain political situation.

As divisions in the country deepen, trust in the justice system to deliver a just verdict may be at its lowest point.

The series shows how high-profile innocence campaigns combined with the acquittals of potential suspects have exposed the fragility of the system.

There were a number of botched executions that left people in despair.

Changes in society’s morality and advances in science and technology now cast doubt on historical judgments.

Some jurors even admitted that they regretted their previous convictions.

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Social media and the growing interest in true crime have also become a platform for discussion for celebrities, podcasters and politicians.

Yet there are still crimes for which some believe the death penalty is the only true justice they can imagine.

Some victims’ families feel confused and let down by the court system due to delays and multiple appeals.

Particularly how social media can become a weapon as amateur sleuths look for loopholes in long-running cases.

The series of new episodes will focus on the fates of prisoners facing the prospect of the death penalty in modern times.

One of them is trying to prove his innocence with the help of a podcast and celebrity support, while the other is on trial in one of the states where a unanimous jury decision is no longer required.

The BBC also announced the return of BBC Three’s Our War, which will conclude the British campaign in Helmand.

The story of the war in Afghanistan will be told through the words and photos of the soldiers who took part in the battle.

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Advances in science and technology have undermined previous convictionsSource: BBC

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Prisoners and their families fight for their innocence in celebrity-backed campaignsSource: Information material

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However, some people do not believe that they will ever receive justice and feel let down by the courts.Source: BBC Press Handout

Life and Death will soon be broadcast on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.