In an alternate universe in 19th century Boston, a single mother commits an act of unnatural cruelty against her son. However, since women are invincible against a man's violence, the wife of an esteemed policeman takes on the task of executing her, only to have second thoughts in the cold gallows.

In 18th century France, an executioner faces enormous job stress leading up to and throughout the French Revolution. He must choose between his beloved wife and his job, and he struggles to leave the profession that was his father's before him.

After being sentenced to death row, a man must seek help from his cellmates

A man incarcerated for murder navigates his time behind bars and his reintroduction to the world after being released.

A deputy warden gives a tour of a prison.

After struggling to appeal to their state governor, a dysfunctional family anxiously awaits the public execution of a relative. As they wait at home new of the execution, tensions and strife erupt in a dispute over the relative's innocence.

In a small rural American town in the late 1800s, a woman's eldest son is accused of committing murder. She takes her younger children to watch him be executed, hoping they will not follow a similar path.

A famous cook prepares the last meal of a prisoner on death row, abiding his wishes to be poisoned to death by her.

In a distant dystopian society, a woman is selected by a lottery system to undergo a trial that will determine if she is productive enough to add a number to the population.

In a lab nicknamed "Spiderhead," experiments involving mind-altering drugs are run on convicted murderers. After he sleeps with two female prisoners, a male prisoner is forced to decide which woman he would like to give a pain-inducing drug.