The Virtual Corpse

2003 • 0h45m Documentary

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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.

Details

Director

Kaspar Kasics

Screenplay

Kaspar Kasics

Cast

Victor Spitzer

Bob Jernigan

Michael Ackerman

Release date

1/26/2003

Status

Released

Origin country

US