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Stay Tuned with Preet

In Brief: The Fate of the Death Penalty (with Sadie Gurman)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Preet speaks with Sadie Gurman, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal covering the Department of Justice, about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s approach to death penalty cases. Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338. References & Supplemental Materials: Sadie Gurman, “Merrick Garland Raises the Bar for Death Penalty,” Wall Street Journal, 2/17/23 Benjamin Weiser, “Suspect in Bike Path Killing Faces First Death Penalty Trial Under Biden,” New York Times, 1/7/23 For analysis of recent legal news, try the CAFE Insider membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. Check out other CAFE shows Now & Then and Up Against the Mob.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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From Cafe in the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is Stay Tuned In Brief.

0:42.8

I'm Pete Barara.

0:44.6

Today we're going to talk about one of the most profound and most consequential moral questions

0:48.5

that a prosecutor can face, whether to seek the death penalty.

0:52.7

In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland halted all federal executions, pending a review

0:58.2

of Trump-era policy changes.

1:00.6

Now just under two years later, Garland has withdrawn the death penalty against dozens

1:04.5

of defendants, while allowing prosecutors to move forward with capital cases in a few

1:09.0

select instances.

1:10.8

To get a sense of Garland's thinking and DOJ's current approach, I'm joined by Sadie

1:15.1

German.

1:16.1

Sadie covers the Justice Department and federal law enforcement for the Wall Street Journal.

1:20.4

Sadie, welcome to the show.

1:21.6

Thank you for having me.

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