Dead Man Walking (1995): A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
The Green Mile (1999): Based on the Stephen King novel, this story is about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of a large African-American man accused of child murder and rape, who has the power of faith-healing.
True Crime (1999): A journalist discovers the man on death row might be innocent hours before his execution.