Coleman was convicted in the 1981 rape and stabbing death of his 19-year-old sister-in-law, Wanda McCoy.
Faulder was executed in 1999 for the beating and stabbing death of 75 year-old Inez Phillips.
Carter executed for stabbing death of elderly neighbor.
The story was inspired by a summerlong series of highly publicized crimes in the city, culminating in the subway stabbing death of a Utah tourist.
The film is based on the 2003 stabbing death of Jeff Wright by the hands of his wife, Susan Wright.
Rajinder Singh Atwal is convicted of second-degree murder in the July 2003 stabbing death of his teenage daughter.
Mr. Williams was convicted in the 1982 stabbing death of Beverly Mitchell, a Trenton teacher.
Mr. Drew was convicted for the 1983 stabbing death of a 17-year-old Alabama man who the police said had picked him up while he was hitchhiking.
In January, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1971 stabbing death of his fiancee, 19-year-old Natalie Brown.