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William Ramsey Investigates

The Executioner's Toll, 2010: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words..with Author Matthew Mangino.

William Ramsey Investigates

William Ramsey Investigates

True Crime, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Executioner's Toll, 2010: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States with Author Matthew Mangino.

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0:00.0

Okay, we are alive. Hi, this is William Ramsey. Welcome to William Ramsey Investigates on today's show of a very special guest.

0:07.5

His name is Matthew T. Mangino, last name is spelled M-A-N-G-I-N-O.

0:12.5

And he's published a book. Top Full Title is The Executioner's Toll 2010.

0:17.9

The crimes, arrest, trials, appeals, last meals, final words, and executions of 46 persons in the United States

0:25.0

This is the death penalty controversial history controversial

0:29.6

Idea of death penalty and I'd actually study a lot of it in law school there was a professor at my law school who's a very famous anti-debt penalty kind of crusader and he got a lot of

0:40.4

flack for it but we can talk more about that so matthew mangina welcome to the show well thanks for

0:47.1

having me way for people who may not have heard you and your bio you work for governor rendel

0:53.3

your criminal defense attorney two-term district attorney.

0:57.0

You've been on your regular syndicated column with creator syndicate, and you've been on TV, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, News Nation Law and Crime Network, Court TV.

1:06.9

Maybe you can talk a little bit about your background and what led you up to publishing this book, The Executioner's Toll.

1:12.6

Well, first, thanks for having me. I think you do a great job with your program, and it's a pleasure to be here.

1:20.6

Thank you.

1:21.6

I am a criminal defense attorney at this point in my career. I started my career as a criminal defense attorney at this point in my career.

1:28.1

I started my career as a criminal defense attorney and then was elected district attorney in a county north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1:39.5

And I spent two terms as a prosecutor there.

1:44.4

And as you indicated, I was appointed by Governor Rendell after my second term to the

1:50.2

parole board, the state parole board in Pennsylvania.

1:53.3

And I spent a six-year term there.

1:55.7

And then I returned to practicing criminal defense law in western Pennsylvania.

2:01.6

So I wrote this book because I'd have always been interested in the death penalty.

2:08.6

I prosecuted death penalty cases as a prosecutor, and I defended cases, capital cases, first degree murder cases early in my career

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