(2014/09/16) More reasons than you should need to oppose it (Death Penalty) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
from 2014-09-16T23:00
Edition #861
There are more reasons than you should need to oppose it
Today we see that literally no matter what angle you look from, the death penalty is impossible to be in favor of
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Death Penalty - @LastWeekTonight with John Oliver - Air Date: 5-4-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Concerning Hobbits - Music from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Ch. 4: Act 2: Americans Back Death Penalty, Whether It's Lethal Injection or Not - @majorityfm - Air Date: 05-29-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Forgotten - Punkgrass for the People
Ch. 6: Act 3: Death Penalty Ruled Cruel And Unusual Punishment In California - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-18-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Gimme Sympathy - Fantasies
Ch. 8: Act 4: Botched Lethal Injection Takes TWO HOURS to Kill Man - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-24-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Guillotine - On the Heart
Ch. 10: Act 5: Two Hours To Cease Existence - @theharryshearer (le Show) - Air Date 7-27-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: By the Time I Get to Arizona - Power to the People & the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits
Ch. 12: Act 6: Why Is No One Talking About The Innocent Man Texas Executed? - @RedactedTonight - Air Date 8-8-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Never Wrong - On the Wing Now
Ch. 14: Act 7: Study: More Than Half of People Executed Have Severe Mental Illness - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-25-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Death Penalty - What's So Strange About Me
Ch. 16: Act 8: Bill Blum on the death penalty, both beheadings and lethal injections - @truthdig - Air Date: 9-12-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Stop the Madness - Versatile Roots
Ch. 18: Act 9: Fixing the death row system via @innocence - Best of the Left Activism - Air Date: 5-19-14
Ch. 19: Song 9: Right to Complain - Backatown (Bonus Track Version)
Ch. 20: Act 10: The Truth, Finally, After 30 Years In Prison & The Truth Is Ugly - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-13-14
Voicemails
Ch. 21: In Response To Prof. Rambo - Jeff From Cleveland, OH
Ch. 22: Trying To Be There For People - Wade From Ft. Worth, TX
Ch. 23: Expert Opinion On Intimate Partner Violence - Elka From Fort Wayne, IN
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 24: Final comments on the fact that there's no need for additional comments
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Take Action:
What Can I Do? from The Innocence Project
Sources/further reading:
"How Oklahoma's GOP Governor Turned a Heinous Killer Into a Death-Penalty Martyr” by Stephanie Mencimer at Mother Jones
VIDEO: "Execution Chaos: Witness Recounts Botched Killing That Caused Oklahoma Prisoner's Fatal Heart Attack” via Democracy Now!
"Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defends controversial execution” by Meredith Clark via MSNBC
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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