Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Momordica charantia, (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karavila and many more names listed below) [1] is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae,widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit.
On Death Row is a television mini-series written and directed by Werner Herzog about capital punishment in the United States. The series grew out of the same project which produced Herzog's documentary film Into the Abyss. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2012, on Channel 4. [2]
The Fear of 13 is a 2015 British documentary film by David Sington. [1] It tells the story of the American, Nick Yarris, who was convicted and sentenced to capital punishment for a 1981 kidnapping, rape and murder, and spent 22 years on death row in Pennsylvania. Yarris was released in 2004 when DNA evidence established his innocence. [2]
They did not have formal work experience in criminology and history-related jobs. [3] The title "timeless time" refers to a saying of how staying on death row feels like, as the prisoners are not aware of their ultimate fate. [2] The authors previously created the documentary film Death Row. [1]
Marah (the manroots, wild cucumbers, or cucumber gourds) are flowering plants in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to western North America.The genus (which Kellogg noted was characterized by extreme bitterness) was named for Marah in Exodus 15:22–25, which was said to be named for the bitter water there.
The gourd also makes frequent appearances in Chinese mythology. The Chinese god of longevity Shouxing is often depicted carrying a staff with a gourd attached to its end. Li Tieguai, one of the Eight Immortals is also often depicted with a bottle gourd that contains a special medicine that he uses to aid the sick, poor, or needy. These ...
Follows the case of death row inmate Daniel Lee Lopez, who was convicted of murdering a Corpus Christi city police officer by hitting him with his SUV as he was trying to evade capture following a routine traffic stop. The programme follows, Lopez, his family and city officials in the weeks and months leading up to and after his execution.
This page was last edited on 13 July 2015, at 20:36 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...