Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

pnkstr A man sitting in a chair telling his story. Not something I would usually seem interested in. However after five minutes in I was captivated. He is so well articulate, honest and has this hypnotic voice that just holds your attention. Such an incredible story and so well expressed. The way he describes situations makes you feel like you are there with him. One of the best documentaries by far.

jeffreymayhew-15429 What an excellent movie and I like how it's delivered by the author himself. It seems so unfair that they could sentence a man to death and destroy the only evidence that could still prove his innocence or guilt. You'd have to say that was too close for comfort. But what about the men and woman who were innocent and they couldn't get a fair trial and they were put to death. They started the death penalty for the worst of the worst offenders, then it went to cop killers now it's what ever a crown attorney or a governor or a politician feels like. These are human lives we are dealing with. Mistakes can't be made. I would give this doc a full 10/10. Best one I have ever seen and I thought I've seen em all. Thank you for sharing your life story. I hope his life turned into a success and he found his peace with what life he has left. Peace.

Tss5078 I don't generally review Documentaries, but sometimes a documentary comes along that is so compelling, people need to know about it. The Fear of 13 is the biography of a man, that most of us have never heard of, Nicholas Yarris. His was one of the first cases taken on by the Innocence Project and he is a prime example of not only the system failing to help someone, but a reason that it should scare the hell out of you. Yarris wasn't a great guy, when he was pulled over in the wrong place at the wrong time. Given his criminal history and inability to pay for a proper defense, Yarris was the perfect target for an over zealous District Attorney. Despite being based on completely circumstantial evidence, Yarris was convinced of murder and sentenced to death row. His life was troubled on the outside, but what happened in prison made it seem like a walk in the park. For twenty years, Yarris's cries fell on deaf ears, and it wasn't until he gave up and said, just kill me already, that someone finally noticed him. Nicholas Yarris's story is the kind of thing you can't make up and someday, I'd love to see a movie version of it. This man was never considered innocent and he wasn't proved guilty, yet he was forced to endure government sanctioned torture, the likes of which we couldn't possibly imagine. This is an eye opening documentary that must be seen by all and afterwards it may just change your opinion on our criminal justice system.

Tom Dooley Nick Yarris was convicted of a horrible crime and sentenced to death – this is his story. It is basically Nick telling the story of his life to camera and mostly done in a chronological fashion. There is some re enactment of his past life as a child but that is a small part of the film.For a film that basically just has one man talking to the camera for the majority of the time, this is incredibly powerful. It is an amazing, sad and moving story and I challenge anyone not to be moved by it. I watched it over a week ago and have only just decided to write a review to see if the film had lost any of its potency and nope it has not. To say any more runs the risk of spoiling the story so I will demur, this is recommended to anyone who appreciates the uniqueness that real life can portray and who appreciate quality in their film making.