This week we are spanning all of history and seeing how governments at different points in time dealt with their worst criminals. A lot of early executions focused on the spectacle of a public execution to show the state's power, but there are still plenty of places today that put people to death as a government institution. We discuss how the transition from ancient death sentences transitioned through the medieval times and into the modern day to give a picture of where the practice started and has gotten to where it is now.
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