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Death Penalty Cases

Death Penalty Cases

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 Miles Mercer deconstructs America's most controversial punishment through landmark Supreme Court battles, exposing how race, geography, and botched executions reveal the uncomfortable gap between constitutional theory and death row reality. From "evolving standards of decency" to lethal injection's brutal failures, discover whether capital punishment delivers justice or dressed-up vengeance.

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  • Death Penalty Cases - The Needle, the Chair, and the Lie of a Clean Kill

    Death Penalty Cases - The Needle, the Chair, and the Lie of a Clean Kill
    Apr 9 2026
    Host Miles Mercer examines America's 200-year struggle to find a "humane" execution method, from Thomas Edison's electric chair marketing campaign to the 43-minute death of Clayton Lockett. This episode covers Supreme Court cases like Glossip v. Gross and Bucklew v. Precythe, exploring whether truly painless execution is possible—and why every method produces its own catalog of horrors.

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