Have you ever won­dered about how a death penal­ty tri­al is con­duct­ed or why the appeals take many years? The lat­est edi­tion of the Death Penalty Information Center’s series of pod­casts, DPIC on the Issues, may be help­ful in answer­ing those ques­tions. This pod­cast address­es ques­tions about the legal process in cap­i­tal cas­es, includ­ing jury selec­tion, sen­tenc­ing, and appeals. In addi­tion to cov­er­ing the basic steps in a death penal­ty case, the pod­cast dis­cuss­es issues such as the ade­qua­cy of rep­re­sen­ta­tion and the length of time on death row. Click here to lis­ten to this lat­est pod­cast. Generally, this series of 14 pod­casts offers brief, infor­ma­tive dis­cus­sions of key death penal­ty issues. Other recent episodes include dis­cus­sions on Women and the Death Penalty and Mental Illness. You can sub­scribe through iTunes to receive auto­mat­ic updates when new episodes are post­ed and receive access to all pre­vi­ous episodes. Other audio and video resources, along with all of DPIC’s pod­casts, can be found on our Multimedia page.

DPIC’s pod­casts may be use­ful for stu­dents research­ing this issue. Many of our pod­casts are avail­able on our iPhone App as well.

(DPIC, post­ed July 8, 2011). If you have sug­ges­tions for top­ics you would like to see addressed in future pod­casts, con­tact us at dpic@​deathpenaltyinfo.​org. See also Student Resources.

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