On Monday, July 16, PBS aired an abbreviated version of
Florent Vassault’s “Lindy Lou: Juror #2” (2017), official site.
Twenty years ago, Lindy sat on a jury that convicted a man
of murders and sentenced him to the death penalty. After years, he was executed.
Lindy, living in rural Mississippi near the bayous, goes on
quest to find the other jurors. She
eventually finds the foreman. One juror asks her not to call again,
however. Generally, the jurors feel that
any one of them could have stopped the death penalty. The lack of remorse of the defendant is often
mentioned.
The 85 minute film (according to imdb) was compressed to 56
minutes, with brief comments by the filmmaker at the end. Vassault said that
Lindy, a conservative woman, became a different person through the jury experience.
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