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The Virtual Corpse

Jan 26, 2003 · 45m
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Documentary about the first human to donate his body to science so that it could be studied in the form of a 3D database of the entire anatomy that is available to view online. Convicted killer Joseph Paul Jernigan donated his body to science shortly before he was executed in 1993 and this documentary examines what took place after his death by lethal injection.

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CAST

Victor Spitzer
Himself
Bob Jernigan
Himself
Michael Ackerman
Himself
Reverend Carroll L Pickett
Herself
Vicky Layfield
Herself
Jody Tullos
Herself
Patrick Batchelor
Himself
Dawn Layfield
Herself
Directed by Kaspar Kasics

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Swiss Federal Office of Culture, HBO, Schweizer Fernsehen (FS), eXtra Film, HBO Documentary Films, SWR
Country
US

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