Carol Steiker and Kent Scheidegger talked about the Supreme Court’s 1976 decision in Gregg v. Georgia, the landmark case concerning Troy Leon Gregg, a convicted armed robber and murderer who challenged his…
22,913 viewsAP Justice Correspondent Michael Ballsamo talked about witnessing the two recent executions and the cases that led to the death sentences.
10 viewsRobert Dunham, Death Penalty Information Center executive director, discussed federal executions resuming and state and federal court action on executions.
340 viewsPresident Bush spoke to reporters following the execution of Timothy McVeigh for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. The execution was the first implementation of the federal death…
3,476 viewsSister Helen Prejean spoke about her life and her work to abolish the death penalty.
1,001 viewsWashington Post national reporter Mark Berman discussed the Department of Justice’s plans to restart executions of federal death row inmates. There has been a moratorium on the death…
157 viewsViewers responded to the question, “Do you support the federal government resuming capital punishment?” On Thursday the Department of Justice announced it would resume executions of death…
517 viewsRobert Dunham of the Death Penalty Information Center discussed the use of the death penalty across the U.S. California became the latest state to put a moratorium on the practice.
474 viewsRachael Penman of the Alcatraz East Crime Museum talked about the history and current status of lethal injection in the United States. The interview was part of C-SPAN’s Landmark Cases…
3,037 viewsRachael Penman gave a tour of the Alcatraz East Crime Museum’s capital punishment exhibit, focusing on the museum’s electric chair and gas chamber. The interview was part of episode of…
1,121 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Buck v. Davis, docket number 15-8049. The case concerns whether Duane Buck can appeal his death penalty sentence based on testimony by a witness called by…
2,169 viewsJessica Brand talked about a decline in states' use of capital punishment. She spoke via video link from Austin, Texas.
1,071 viewsBrian Stolarz talked about his book Grace and Justice on Death Row: The Race against Time and Texas to Free an Innocent Man, in which he reports on his client, Alfred Dewayne Brown, who…
766 viewsPanelists talked about the death penalty. Panelists included Jordan and Carol Steiker, co-authors of Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment, and John Bessler, editor of Stephen…
1,089 viewsMarc Levin and Stephen Bright spoke with Neal Katyal about the use of capital punishment and whether death penalty sentences would ever end in the U.S. They also discussed the potential for…
692 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hurst v. Florida, docket number 14-7505, on the constitutionality of Florida’s death penalty system. A Florida jury’s recommendation for the death penalty was an “advisory opinion” and did not…
2,171 viewsLance Rogers, legal editor for Bloomberg BNA, reported by telephone on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear two death penalty cases in the next term.
260 viewsHeadlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines open for viewer opinions about the death penalty, divided by those in support and opposed. Lance Rogers reported by telephone on…
459 viewsPanelists talked about the history of the death penalty in America and the 1976 Gregg v. Georgia Supreme Court case that affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment. This was a session…
1,316 viewsRobert Dunham talked about the Death Penalty Information Center’s annual report. According to the report, only six states carried out executions in 2015, resulting in the lowest number of…
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