Death Row Exonerated Seek End to Death Penalty

A new Gallup Poll shows that support for the death penalty in the United States remains high, but down to 61 percent from 80 percent in 1994. Part of the reason is the possibility of innocent inmates being put to death and the release of others after new evidence cleared them. Several men saved from execution are now telling their stories to the public.
Ron Keine was convicted of murder in the southwestern state of New Mexico and was just days away from his scheduled execution when the man who had really committed the crime confessed to a preacher.

The Dropout (1962)

An educational film from 1962 about high school dropouts and the relation of school and kids.

MEGAPOST: The Wire – Behind the Scenes

Season 4 – It’s All Connected

Season 5 – The Last Word

Alcohol Is Dynamite (1958)

An educational film from Sid Davis about the dangers of alcohol abuse.

MEGAPOST: Celebrity Crack Cocaine Anti-Drug Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Pee Wee Herman, telling kids not to do drugs.

Bruce Willis anti-crack PSA

LeVar Burton Anti-Crack PSA

Clint Eastwood PSA from the 1980′s

Bette Midler

A PSA that was on some of the original VHS tapes for the movie “Outrageous Fortune” 1987/88.

Ally Sheedy’s anti-drug psa

“This message isn’t about numbers, it’s about crack. I won’t bore you with the statistics, except to say it’s not worth becoming one for a 10-minute high.”

Long lost Olivia Newton-John PSA TV Commercial against crack cocaine use in the mid-1980′s

Yul Brynner – Anti-Smoking Commercial (1985)

This commercial aired after Yul Brynner’s death.

“Now that I’m gone, I tell you: Don’t smoke, whatever you do, just don’t smoke.”

Don’t Put It In Your Mouth (Full Version, 1993)

Here is the full, two-minute version of the Concerned Childrens Advertisers PSA about putting stuff in your mouth.