Trump administrations brings back death by shooting
The Trump administration plans to add firing squads as a methods for executing people convicted of some federal crimes. The US Department of Justice recommended expanding its range beyond lethal injections, amid a shortage of access to deadly chemicals. Death sentences are also to be carried out more quickly. The new methods in federal prisons will include electrocution, gas asphyxiation and shooting.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Chart: Execution methods in the US
01:02 Why is the White House tightening the death penalty?
01:26 Interview with journalist Erik Kirschbaum
01:35 Firing squads amid a shortage of lethal chemicals
02:20 Which crimes are punishable by death?
02:55 Why four states account for more than 70% of US executions
04:31 Could innocent people be executed?
05:01 Dozens of murder convictions overturned through DNA evidence
05:30 Do people still witness executions?
06:40 Ethics debate: How cruel are executions?
09:22 Chart: Executions worldwide
10:05 Interview with Carolin Hoyle, Professor of Criminology, Oxford University
11:38 Prisons struggle to find doctors for executions
12:49 Firing squads: Does the US stand out internationally?
13:42 Death penalty: Does it deter crime?
15:43 Why is the number of executions rising?
18:09 Second part of the interview with journalist Erik Kirschbaum
18:29 Trump statement on the death penalty
18:45 Death penalty for migrants in the US
20:14 Executions as a political weapon?
20:45 Federal agents killing migrants during operations: what is known?
21:50 Does Trump benefit politically?
22:55 Another Trump statement on the death penalty
23:45 How safe are people in the United States?
25:40 Is there really a shortage of lethal chemicals?
27:15 Statement by Pope Leo on the death penalty
28:05 What is your view on the death penalty?
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