The Window on Death Row
Tue 12 May
|The BCN Studio
What if a death sentence gave you a second chance at life? The story of Joaquín José Martínez, the first Spaniard exonerated from U.S. death row, challenges our beliefs about justice, faith, and forgiveness.
Time & Location
12 May 2026, 20:00 – 21:30
The BCN Studio, Carrer d'Elkano, 26, 0 1A, Sants-Montjuïc, 08004 Barcelona, Spain
Guests
About The Event
Documentary Screening + Q&A | In English (Documentary VOSE) | Doors open 19:30 | Duration: 70 mins (Intermission before the Q&A) | Content warning: Death Penalty
Tickets 5€
At the door 7€
Death Row Around the World: Who Keeps It, Who Rejects It, and Why
Documentary Screening: The Window on Death Row, 38 Min [Spain, 2025]
“I would have been dead today if I hadn’t gone to death row.” - Joaquín José Martínez, death row exoneree
What if a death sentence gave you a second chance at life? The story of Joaquín José Martínez, the first Spaniard exonerated from U.S. death row, challenges our beliefs about justice, faith, and forgiveness.
Following the screening, join director Linda Freund in conversation with:
Joaquín José Martínez, death row exoneree
Lorne Walker-Nolan, former Australian prosecutor
Emilio Hernández, lawyer & criminology specialist.
The panel will discuss death world around the world. Where has it been abolished, where it persists, and why? And what does this reveal about justice, innocence, and guilt?
Director: Linda Catherine Freund
Executive Producer: Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H Actor & Activist)
Q&A Panelists: Linda Freund, documentary director | Joaquín José Martínez, death row exoneree | Lorne Walker-Nolan, former Australian prosecutor | Emilio Hernández, lawyer & criminology specialist.
Learn more: windowdeathrow.com