The Last Word

The Last Word, which was my favorite film at the festival, dealt with a murder case in Texas in the early Eighties, involving a mental challenged man falsely accused of murder. The film shows how the trial and sentencing went on, which was completely unfair to the defendant and how the prosecutor just wanted to convict him and didn't show all of the evidence in the trial. They had a lawyer, who started a foundation to help those falsey accused, and he went on to say that most of the real crooks in this case were the prosecutor and the judge. The films ending was what really made the film having the man on death row placing a curse on all those who had him executed. The eerie thing is that it actually happened and everyone involved with his death either lost their job, someone close to them died, or they themselves died. This film shows how messed up Texan courts were back then and how this poor person was used for political reasoning only. It's powerful message of justice really came true in the end.