As most democracies abolish executions, the US keeps refining it | This Is America

As most Western democracies have abolished capital punishment, the U.S. is doing the opposite and refining it.

Courts are striking down execution methods as unconstitutional even as states scramble to find new ones, and the divide over whether the death penalty is justice or cruelty is deepening.

Is America moving toward ending capital punishment, or just perfecting it?

PRESENTER:
Alex Marquardt

GUESTS:
Joseph T. Flood: Capital Defense Attorney
John Malcolm: Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

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