The death row assembly line | The Gray Area

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Is there a humane way for the state to kill someone? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Guest host Miles Bryan sits down with New York Times Magazine writer and ProPublica reporter Pamela Colloff to pull back the curtain on critical flaws in America's approach to the death penalty. From the tragedy of wrongful convictions to the profound impact capital punishment has on victims' families, can the death penalty ever truly be justified? Drawing on decades of reporting and a new book, To Catch a Devil, Colloff examines the reality of executions in states like Florida, the prevalence of unreliable jailhouse informants, and why a system built on human judgment can never be infallible. 00:00 Intro 01:59 Why Colloff changed her mind on the death penalty 06:57 The declining use of the death penalty 11:49 Governor Desantis and the death penalty 20:50 The governor’s power in Florida 32:45 Jailhouse informants 42:02 To Catch a Devil Guest Host: Miles Bryan, Vox Senior Producer a

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