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Rush to KillIn The ShadowsIn this final episode, we’ll take a look at the final execution of the Trump administration, which was legally unusual. This episode will also include discussion of the “Shadow Docket” — and why some experts argue that the death penalty is corrupting our legal system, allowing the Supreme Court to make decisions without explaining why.
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2023-12-081h 00
Rush to KillIntellectual DisabilityIn 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the government from carrying out death sentences of people with intellectual disabilities. But in its final weeks in office, the Trump administration set dates for two intellectually disabled men. Corey Johnson was the second person after Alfred Bourgeois whose attorneys presented evidence he was intellectually disabled.
Coming up in the final episode, we'll see how the continued existence of the American death penalty is leaving its mark on our society.
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2023-11-2354 min
Rush to KillCulpabilityIn this episode, we meet the people behind a global campaign to save Brandon Bernard. And how 20 years later, they say the experience transformed their beliefs about capital punishment and fairness in the justice system.
Coming up in Episode 7:
Facing a hard deadline, the U.S. government rushes to carry out two remaining scheduled executions. They both go very wrong.
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2023-11-1648 min
Rush to KillLynch LawHistorians have long documented how the modern death penalty emerged as a supposed “solution” to the problem of lynchings, racial or otherwise. A method to exact justice behind closed doors, to avoid spectacle. The death penalty is supposed to be a neutral alternative. And yet, at least at the federal level, it depends on who’s in charge.
Starting in 2020, the Trump administration swiftly executed 12 men and one woman in Terre Haute, Indiana, where all federal executions take place. Far more than any administration in modern history. And, curiously, the execution spree initially appeared to spare one typica...
2023-11-0944 min
Rush to KillPoisonLethal injection is now the primary execution method used by the federal government and all executing states. Often dressed up to resemble a medical procedure, it appears to offer a kinder, more gentle death. But records obtained by NPR and WFIU suggest the federal government's preferred execution chemical caused massive damage to prisoners' lungs and might have caused excruciating pain in their final moments.
Coming up in episode 5:
Why was the execution spree split along racial lines?
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2023-11-0353 min
Rush to KillAmerican WomanHow are American lawyers prepared to handle clients with severe mental health issues? Does this factor into the decision to place someone on death row? We're digging into the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row. Listen to firsthand accounts from the family members, lawyers and investigators involved in her case.
Want to learn more about the Lisa Montgomery case? Watch "A Mother’s Justice: The Trials of Lisa Montgomery"
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Lethal injection is thought to be painless and thought to be quick, seemingly the most hu...
2023-10-2759 min
Rush to KillInventing ClosureThis week, we’re looking back to the first executions ever carried out in Terre Haute. The death penalty promises closure, or justice, but does it deliver? And what changes when the victims of a crime number in the thousands?
Coming up in episode 3, we’ll take a look at the unusual circumstances surrounding the Lisa Montgomery case.
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2023-10-1938 min
Rush to KillThe Gold StandardIn this debut episode: How U.S. justice officials convinced top judges to sign off on a plan to kill 14 condemned Americans in the middle of a pandemic. A shaky legal theory that got the ball rolling. How laws passed decades ago — by people in power today — made it all possible. And why it could happen again.
Coming up in episode 2:
The death penalty promises closure, or justice, but does it deliver?
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2023-10-1345 min
Rush to KillIntroducing: Rush to KillAll federal executions in the United States are carried out in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Isolated from the facility’s general population, and under extra layers of security, 44 condemned men are held in the U.S. prison bureau’s Special Confinement Unit — America’s death row. But actual executions at that level are extraordinarily rare. For two decades, the U.S. didn’t carry out even one.
Everything changed in July 2020, when President Donald Trump’s attorney general instructed the U.S. justice department to reopen the Terre Haute death chamber and start killing people again.
To sat...
2023-10-1005 min
Books Shows Tunes & Mad ActsThinking Together with Alex ChambersPodcaster, poet, and educator Alex Chambers and Jennifer talk about—well, a lot of stuff. We start with "Inner States," Alex's radio show on WFIU from Bloomington, Indiana and chat about people's misconceptions about the Midwest and the Fly-Over states. We talk about how people and sounds form our impressions about a place, sometimes correctly and sometimes incorrectly. Jennifer whines about bad training programs, and Alex offers some advice about good teaching. He contrasts poetry and podcasting and what he likes about each medium. He also reads a great poem about Buffy the Vampire Slayer! A wonderful episode about le...
2022-12-2457 min
Good Black News: The Daily DropGBN Daily Drop for April 2, 2022 (bonus): The Jazz of Marvin GayeIncomparable musical artist Marvin Gaye was born #onthisday in 1939 and it's well known from the 1960s on he helped define R&B, soul and pop music, But what may not be well known about Gaye is that his earliest musical ambitions were to be a singer of Jazz.To learn more about the swingin' side of Gaye, check out the “Standards of Marvin Gaye” episode of WFIU’s weekly music show Afterglow hosted by Mark Chilla, read Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye biography by David Ritz.More sources:https://www.udiscovermusic.com/st...
2022-04-0209 min
Focus on FlowersArtist Jim Walker and the Big Car Collaborativehttp://wfiu.indiana.edu/podcasts/audio/profiles/17/171104-profiles-jim-walker.mp3
2017-11-0658 min
The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History ShowEpisode 39 - Heritage Quilts, History Podcasts, Mail & MorePublished Jan 20, 2008 SHOW NOTES iTunes: If you are new to the podcast, be sure that you go back to the new Genealogy Gems subscription listing that you created in your podcast directory and click that GET ALL button. Clicking the SUBSCRIBE button will only give you the most recent show and future shows. By clicking GET ALL all the previous episodes will download for you. Go to the official Genealogy Gems Website and be sure and sign up for the FREE Genealogy Gems Monthly Newsletter 1890 census: visit the National Archives pages MAILBOX: Diana Larson wrote to recommend the American Girl...
2008-01-2148 min