The Fear of 13 (2015)

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Brilliant and touching

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

What an excellent movie and I like how it's delivered by the author himself. It seems so unfair that they could sentence a man to death and destroy the only evidence that could still prove his innocence or guilt. You'd have to say that was too close for comfort. But what about the men and woman who were innocent and they couldn't get a fair trial and they were put to death. They started the death penalty for the worst of the worst offenders, then it went to cop killers now it's what ever a crown attorney or a governor or a politician feels like. These are human lives we are dealing with. Mistakes can't be made. I would give this doc a full 10/10. Best one I have ever seen and I thought I've seen em all. Thank you for sharing your life story. I hope his life turned into a success and he found his peace with what life he has left. Peace.

A convicted murderer (Nick Yarris) who has spent 23 years on Death Row tells his story. Yarris tells his own story, in the style of a one-man show. In a non-linear structure, he reveals his early life, youthful transgressions, arrest, and time on death row, with several twists and turns.This is definitely a "one man show". Although some sounds and images are added, it really amounts to 90 minutes of one man telling his life story. And he is an amazing speaker. You might think that someone who had a history of drug problems and who spent most of his life in prison would be a fool, but Yarris proves that assumption wrong. He claims to have read 1,000 books in three years, and it shows -- the language really rubbed off on him! This is definitely a must-see for anyone who is interested in the American justice system, both the good and the bad.

There are no words to express how deeply moving this documentary film is. I don't think there is an another actor or the like who could have told this story the way Nick Yarris tells it. He truly has a gift in this documentary that lures you deeper and deeper into the story. His expression of how some little things in life can change you and make you a better person and even stronger is spectacular. I truly hope that this documentary and Nick himself receives the recognition it so well deserves. I'll be watching this in the Academy Awards for best documentary category. I am an avid fan of true murder mystery documentaries and have watched countless over the years and I highly doubt that any other documentary will touch me how this one did. Nick Yarris is an incredibly strong man who is the hero in his own life.

This is a brilliant documentary. Nick Yarris sits in a half-lit chair for most of his story and was so excellent that I thought he had to be an actor until the final credits! Do not miss this beautifully filmed, heart breaking story of "Justice" at its worst! After watching the film I sent him a short note to his Face Book page (you can Google it up). He lives in England for the most part since his release from prison for the twenty-one years he served for a murder/rape he never committed. At the time he was accused and tried in the 1980's DNA had not yet been "discovered" and only blood type was used to try and match killers with victims In the mid 80's while he is sitting on death row, DNA is discovered and allowed in court! Nick is ecstatic only to learn that the FBI has since "LOST" the evidence that would have exonerated him! It is 21 years of roller coaster riders and there just beginning!