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DPIC Podcasts

DPIC is pleased to provide podcasts that discuss a wide variety of issues relating to the death penalty.

Our podcasts cover three different types of death penalty issues.

  • DPIC's current monthly podcast series is called "Discussions With DPIC." We speak with death penalty experts about timely death penalty developments in the news.
  • The "On the Issues" podcast series explores different factual, legal, and ethical topics relating to capital punishment.
  • A second series of podcasts details the history of capital punishment in each state.

To listen to any of the podcasts below, simply click the play button. To download the podcast, click the podcast title and then the "Download" button on the episode's page.

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    Latest

    On the Issues

    Lethal Injection, Part II

    Published: Apr 23, 2014

    Lethal Injection 2 — A dis­cus­sion of recent changes to lethal injec­tion pro­to­col in response to drug shortages.…

    On the Issues

    Arbitrariness and the Constitution

    Published: Mar 01, 2013

    Arbitrariness and the Constitution — Interview with University of Baltimore Law School pro­fes­sor John Bessler on arbi­trari­ness and the his­to­ry of the death penalty.…

    On the Issues

    Alabama Death Row Inmate Freed
    Jennifer Whitfield Interview

    Published: May 24, 2012

    Interview with Jennifer Whitfield of Covington and Burling regard­ing the recent release of Alabama death row inmate Larry Smith.…

    On the Issues

    Japan

    Published: May 01, 2012

    Interview with Michael Fox dis­cussing issues sur­round­ing the death penal­ty in Japan, includ­ing pub­lic atti­tudes towards the death penal­ty, the way the crim­i­nal jus­tice sys­tem works and the efforts of abo­li­tion­ist groups.…

    On the Issues

    Spanish Language Podcast

    Published: Apr 02, 2012

    Discusses gen­er­al issues of the death penal­ty in America: recent trends, appli­ca­tion against minor­i­ty defen­dants, sup­port among Hispanics as well as the inter­na­tion­al use of the death penal­ty. Presented in Spanish.…

    On the Issues

    International

    Published: Dec 02, 2011

    Discusses the inter­na­tion­al con­text of the American death penal­ty, includ­ing inter­na­tion­al trends in cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment and how inter­na­tion­al opin­ion affects the death penal­ty in the U.S.…

    On the Issues

    Death Row

    Published: Oct 07, 2011

    A sum­ma­ry of top­ics relat­ing to death row, includ­ing dis­cus­sion of death row sta­tis­tics and procedures.…

    On the Issues

    Supreme Court

    Published: Aug 08, 2011

    A sum­ma­ry of the role of the Supreme Court in the death penal­ty, includ­ing dis­cus­sion of major deci­sions by the court on cap­i­tal punishment.…