Death Penalty in the U.S.

Death Penalty in the U.S.

Published: May 04, 2016

This pod­cast dis­cuss­es the his­to­ry of the death penal­ty in Arkansas, how it is car­ried out in the state, and exec­u­tive and leg­isla­tive efforts to repeal or rein­tro­duce cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment. Arkansas’ use of the death penal­ty has mir­rored the politic…

Death Penalty in the U.S.

Published: Mar 03, 2015

Connecticut had an infa­mous his­to­ry as far as the death penal­ty was con­cerned. Connecticut is believed to have exe­cut­ed a 12 year-old in 1786 — the youngest per­son ever exe­cut­ed in the his­to­ry of the United States. Legal issues have yet to resolv…

Death Penalty in the U.S.

Published: Mar 03, 2015

Illinois had a long his­to­ry of racial bias in its imple­men­ta­tion of the death penal­ty. Numerous stud­ies and com­mis­sions led to the Illinois State Legislature abol­ish­ing cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in the state in 2011.…

Death Penalty in the U.S.

Published: Feb 20, 2015

The emp­ty­ing of death row by Governor Tony Anaya in 1986 set the tone for the ero­sion of sup­port for the death penal­ty in New Mexico. As a state with a grow­ing Roman Catholic and non-white pop­u­la­tion, the shift­ing demo­graph­ics became appar­ent in 2…

Death Penalty in the U.S.

Published: Feb 20, 2015

New York car­ried out more exe­cu­tions than any state oth­er than Virgina between 1608 and 1972. However, in the 1960s, the state leg­is­la­ture began to chip away at what con­sti­tut­ed a cap­i­tal crime. In 2004, the state’s high­est court declared the deat…