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The State of the Death Penalty Laws in the US. Then, The L.A. Mayor’s Race
On today’s show, a conversation with Professor Elisabeth Semel about the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee and what it should that say to us about the death penalty. We also discuss the Los Angeles mayoral race with Sam Ribakoff.
Death Penalty
Professor Elisabeth Semel is Co-Director of the Death Penalty Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Her research is related to the defense of capital cases, with an emphasis on the role that race plays in the administration of the death penalty, and, more broadly, in the selection of juries.
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The skinny
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