There are few topics that bring on as much emotional outrage and heated argument as the death penalty. It’s the kind of debate that divides friends, families and nations, and it falls on a short list of subjects about which nearly everyone has a strong, inflexible opinion. This episode will bring you some facts, some history and some research about the death penalty in the United States, and examine where we are now and how we got here.
SHOW SOURCES & SUPPLEMENTALS
The Death Penalty in the United States, American Psychological Association, 2001
Execution by Lethal Injection Procedures, Florida Department of Corrections, 2007