Movie #402 "In the Name of the People" was an okay lifetime movie. I got hooked on it last night before I went to bed. I respect the main actors and I really got interested because of the ability of the little 13 year old daughter of the murderer on death row --- she looked like Margaret O'Brien and she could put on the waterworks really well. The dialogue was a bit stilted, and the story line a tad implausible (the murderer asks the grieving family to raise his daughter who will be left alone if he is put to death), but the acting kept me watching. I have to admit, I didn't make it all the way to the end (last 10 minutes), but I saw enough to rate it a 3, and if you see it on the listing for Lifetime movies, it's worth the effort to check it out, if the story line sounds interesting to you.
I give it 3 stars. Not available on Netflix.
John Burke (Scott Bakula) has committed the ultimate sin by murdering a teenage girl, and now he’s paying the price on death row. As the deceased’s grieving mom (Amy Madigan) advocates for John’s execution, her husband (Richard Thomas) seems to bond in a father-figure way with the killer’s 13-year-old daughter who will be orphaned if her dad gets the chair. This murderer’s last request is going to be a doozy that throws everyone involved for a loop
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