Overview
Documentary about the first human to donate his body to science so that it could be studied in the form of a 3D database of the entire anatomy that is available to view online. Convicted killer Joseph Paul Jernigan donated his body to science shortly before he was executed in 1993 and this documentary examines what took place after his death by lethal injection.
Production
Swiss Federal Office of Culture · HBO · Schweizer Fernsehen (FS) · eXtra Film · HBO Documentary Films · SWR
Cast & Characters
Victor Spitzer
Himself
Bob Jernigan
Himself
Michael Ackerman
Himself
Reverend Carroll L Pickett
Herself
Vicky Layfield
Herself
Jody Tullos
Herself
Patrick Batchelor
Himself
Dawn Layfield
Herself
Mark Ticer
Himself
Directors & Crew
Kaspar Kasics
Writer
Kaspar Kasics
Director
Kaspar Kasics
Producer
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