Death Penalty
Sister Helen Prejean: Fighting to end the death penalty
81 year old Roman Catholic Sister Helen Prejean is a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, and a spiritual adviser to men and women on Death Row The New Orleans.based Roman… Video, Audio
The journalist who went undercover to infiltrate a white nationalist group
When Winnipeg Free Press writer Ryan Thorpe saw flyers recruiting for white nationalist group The Base, he had two choices: write a bog-standard reaction piece or take a more drastic approach and go… Audio
Death Sentence: the story of NZ's executions
The death penalty has started wars, won elections, outraged the population and ruined lives. Join William Ray for this live podcast recording at the Bread and Circus Festival in Christchurch with… Audio
Turkish government cracks down after coup attempt
Turkey's President Erdogan is not backing down from talk of reintroducing the death penalty to punish coup plotters. Audio
Pressure builds for PNG and Tonga to abolish the death penalty
Nauru has abolished the death penalty, leaving just two Pacific nations who still carry it on their law books. Audio
'Profoundly disturbing' surge in number of executions
The number of executions around the world rose by more than 50 percent last year, although figures in China remain a state secret.
Wrong drugs ordered for Oklahoma execution
The Governor of Oklahoma has halted the execution of a death row inmate at the last minute, after realising the state had taken delivery of the wrong kind of drugs for his killing. Audio
Julian McMahon and Ursula Noye - Death Penalty for Drug Crime
October 10 is the World Day Against the Death Penalty and this year the theme is ending the death penalty for drug crimes. Julian McMahon is an Australian barrister who has worked on death row cases… Audio
Bryan Stevenson: equal justice
Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, an Alabama-based non-profit organisation that has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair… Audio
Ideas for 4 April 2010: The death penalty
Ideas examines the history and future of this most final of punishments. Audio