The death row assembly line

Is there a humane way for the state to kill someone? 

Guest host Miles Bryan sits down with New York Times Magazine writer and ProPublica reporter Pamela Colloff to pull back the curtain on critical flaws in America's approach to the death penalty. From the tragedy of wrongful convictions to the profound impact capital punishment  has on victims' families, can the death penalty ever truly be justified?

Drawing on decades of reporting and a new book, Catch the Devil⁠, Colloff examines the reality of executions in states like Florida, the prevalence of unreliable jailhouse informants, and why a system built on human judgment can never be infallible.
Guest Host: Miles Bryan, Vox Senior Producer and Reporter

Guest: Pamela Colloff, author of Catch the Devil

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