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.
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Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Oct 31, 2014
Massachusetts has a long history of capital punishment ever since it was an English colony in the 17th century. However, a famous case involving two Italian immigrants may have been the turning point against capital punishment in Massachusetts.
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Oct 24, 2014
“Uncivilized and impossible to enforce.” This was the sentiment of Iowa in 1872 when the state initially abolished capital punishment. What followed was a series of events that led to the reinstatement, and second abolition of the death penalty.
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Oct 24, 2014
Vermont has a long history of sparse use of capital punishment and saw a steady decline in the scope of crimes that were punishable by death throughout the years. The death penalty was rendered invalid in 1972 by Furman v. Georgia and has never be…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Oct 10, 2014
In the late 19th century, as Hawaii became a center of agricultural production, the immigrants who were brought to the islands in a form of indentured servitude bore the brunt of the arbitrariness of the judicial system in annexed Hawaii.…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Oct 10, 2014
Alaska was under territorial and colonial rule from the 18th century through 1959, when it became a state. This long history of outside influence, in addition to several other unique aspects of Alaska, have played an important role in the attitude…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Sep 26, 2014
North Dakota’s residents signed a petition in 1915 about the “barbarous” and “ineffective”. That very year, the North Dakota legislature passed a bill repealing the death penalty and it has remained off the books ever since.…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Sep 17, 2014
Minnesota became the 4th state to abolish the death penalty after a short history of capital punishment filled with questions about the fairness of a murder trial as well as the largest mass hanging in US history.…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Aug 29, 2014
A series of botched hangings led to the state of Maine reexamining its use of the death penalty. The state abolished the death penalty in 1876, but it was reinstated for a few years after a series of “cold-blooded murders”. The state abolished the…
