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Death Row Stories explores cases that pose hard questions about the U.S. capital punishment system.

Show Description

 

    Botched injections

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    Why experts say there's no such thing as 'humane' execution

    Throughout the history of capital punishment in America, states have reviewed and revised execution methods in the interest of finding a more "humane" option.
  • Former executioner sees 'serial killer' in the mirror

  • 'It was clear to me that he was in pain'

  • Execution takes two hours, 15 injections

  • Time to question sanity of death penalty

  • The Hunt with John Walsh

    • Death penalty fast facts
    • Lethal injection explained
    • The death penalty in America

Season 2 

    Ruben Cantu

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    From seeking the death penalty to fighting it

  • 'Texans are hardwired to support the death penalty'

  • Should a high schooler get the death penalty?

  • After an execution, a witness recants

    Seth Penalver

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    Rebuilding a life after death row exoneration