After surviving two doses of a lethal injection drug, Christa Pike’s case has thrust the US death penalty back into the spotlight. As officials in the state of Tennessee investigate what went wrong, a bigger debate is emerging over the limits and future of capital punishment.
Chapters:
00:00 Texas execution follows failed lethal injection
00:35 Interview Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, Brooklyn Law School
01:40 Does the failed execution expose deeper problems?
02:52 Why executions are rising despite fewer death sentences
04:17 The political forces behind capital punishment
05:10 Who is most likely to receive the death penalty?
06:46 Life and conditions on death row
09:07 Interview Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Intitiative
10:42 Does execution bring justice to victims’ families?
12:05 How politics and race shape the debate
13:56 Could the U.S. abolish the death penalty?
14:29 A turning point in the national conversation
15:27 Moving from punishment to prevention
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