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The Thin Blue Line is a truly wonderful film which had real life wonderful repercussions. Released in 1988, it is a documentary film directed by Errol Morris, concerning Randall Dale Adams, a man who was sentenced to die for a murder which he did not commit. The happy repercussion of the film was the reviewing of Adams’ case and his subsequent release.

In 1976, a Dallas police officer named Robert W. Wood was murdered at a traffic stop. A 16 year old named David Ray Harris told the police he had committed the murder alongside Randall Dale Adams. Adams was charged with the crime, though there was a wealth of evidence against Harris, purely because Harris was a juvenile and thus could not be given the death sentence. The prosecutor’s comment that the police constitute the “thin blue line” separating society from “anarchy” is where the title of the film derives. “Thin blue line” is adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “Tommy” in which British soldiers are referred to as the “thin red line” due to their formation and uniform colour. Why not get your ipad some sweet ipad 3 accessories so you can sit back and watch the film at ease.