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This week the Federal Government executed a person for the first time in 17 years.

Can the death penalty be administered fairly or is it inherently unjust?

Let's get on topic. Welcome to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the week's news.

My name's Renato Mariati.

I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer,

and a legal analyst.

And I'm joined by my friend Patty Vasquez, the host of the Patty Vasquez show

who joins us regularly on this podcast. But before I bring in Patty, I want to thank our patrons who brought us this episode.

With special thanks to Michelle Dew.

New patron Andrew Donnelly, James Frohmeyer, J. Gilhousen, Jamie Gordon, Patrick, Steve Hungsberg, Shana Wachinsky, and an anonymous patron.

You too can become a patron on our website

On Topic Podcast.com.

Just click the support link at the top of the page.

So Patty, I have to say, you know, this particular

podcast on this topic came about differently

than many of our topics.

You know, usually what happens is I see something in the news and I scramble to find a guest.

This is a circumstance where I really wanted to have Senator Feingold on our podcast.

And I reached out to Senator Feingold and he said this was the topic that he was the most interested in talking about.

This is something that really is very close to his heart as a topic.

It's something that he's been devoting his time and putting out statements on.

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