Videos

C-SPAN’s Washington Journal examined current events and political news through reviews newspapers, interviews, and viewer comments. In the first segment, Matthew Morrissey, congressional reporter for…

A reporter, two lawyers, a states attorney, and a legal scholar discussed the legality, use, and impact of capital punishment in the U.S.

The panelists discussed alternatives to incarceration, from the death penalty to service programs, within the larger issues of crime prevention and deterrence, especially regarding the…

American University held a panel discussion on crime.

The guests discussed the merits of a proposal which advocated life sentences for those convicted of three violent felonies. Topics included the history of the proposal and its specific…