The Fall and Rise of the Death Penalty [TEASER]

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The death penalty has a long, ugly, racially-motivated history in the United States. Let's dig into the state's monopoly on violence and see what terrible things it reveals about us as a nation, shall we?

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0:00.0	I remember it, see.
0:02.0	Ryan from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita.
0:05.5	Now I am to come death, the destroyer of worlds.
0:09.5	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Viasco and Prologue Projects.
0:17.5	On this premium episode of 5-4, Peter, Riannan and Michael are talking about the death
0:22.9	faculty.
0:24.4	Death sentences have been handed down since the founding of the country, and they have
0:28.4	always disproportionately affected the poor, people of color, and people without power.
0:34.2	But there was a trend away from the death penalty in the 20th century, and even a brief moment
0:39.0	on the court put a moratorium on its use.
0:42.2	But as the composition of the court changed and moved to the right, a new crop of justices
0:46.8	redefined cruel and unusual punishment to not include the death penalty.
0:52.2	This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
0:59.4	Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have suffocated
1:07.7	our rights, like Michael is suffocating in his car.
1:11.2	I'm Peter.
1:13.2	I'm here with Riannan.
1:15.2	We're not going to explain it.
1:17.4	No.
1:18.4	I was in, and live from his car.
1:22.4	Yeah, that's right.
1:23.9	Michael.
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