Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the twelve members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a solitary, sweltering room, one juror (Henry Fonda, The Ox-Bow Incident) casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate...

Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, preparing to end his life on death row. In response to a letter, Sister Helen Prejean visits Matthew and finds herself face-to-face with a killer who still pleads his innocence. When the date is set for his execution death by lethal injection, Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she agrees, little knowing the outrage that will follow her decision.

Special Edition Blu-ray edition that includes both the original 188 minute original cut and the 135 minute director's cut of Mailer's Pulitzer Prize winning novel based on the true story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who commited two separate and senseless murders then lobbied for his own execution, becoming the first person to be executed in the USA -- by firing squad, as he chose -- in over ten years since the government reinstated the death...