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.
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with Exoneree Isaiah McCoy and Lawyers Michael Wiseman and Herbert Mondros
Published: Feb 16, 2017
Robin Konrad, Director of Research and Special Projects, interviews Isaiah McCoy, the nation’s 157th death-row exoneree, and his lawyers, Michael Wiseman and Herbert Mondros. McCoy was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in Delaware in 2012. …
DPIC Executive Director Robert Dunham and Director of Research and Special Projects Robin Konrad discuss the findings and themes of the 2016DPIC Year End Report. This year marked historic lows in death sentences, executions, and public support fo…
The U.S. Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Oral Argument in Moore v. Texas
Published: Nov 28, 2016
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear oral argument in Moore v. Texas and consider the constitutionality of the state’s approach to deciding whether a defendant is intellectually disabled, Cornell Law School Professor John Blume joins us to s…
Discussing Justice Stephen Breyer’s historic dissent in Glossip v. Gross
Published: Oct 21, 2016
Law professor and author John Bessler joins DPIC executive director Robert Dunham to discuss “Against the Death Penalty,” a book version of Justice Stephen Breyer’s historic dissent in *Glossip v. Gross* in which he questions the constitutionality…
Today, DPIC launches a new podcast series, “Discussions With DPIC,” which will feature monthly, unscripted conversations with death penalty experts on a wide variety of topics. The inaugural episode features a conversation between Texas Defender S…
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…
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…
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.…