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The Virtual Corpse

Release2003
Runtime45m

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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Original Language

en

Release Date

January 26, 2003

Popularity

3

Production Companies

SW

Swiss Federal Office of Culture

HBO

HBO

SC

Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)

EX

eXtra Film

HBO Documentary Films

HBO Documentary Films

SWR

SWR

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