Maurice Chammah is a staff writer for The Marshall Project, and he joins us to talk about his in-depth look at capital punishment and how the execution of a person affects many lives.
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Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?
Edward Zwick joins us to talk about the new film he directed “Trial By Fire,” highlighting the controversial suppression of evidence in the arson case against Cameron Todd Willingham.
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State Of Execution
Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, and Tim Cole, an assistant professor at UNT Dallas join us to talk about how Texas’ use of the death penalty compares with other states.
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Murder And Mercy In Texas
Hour 1: The shooting at a Dallas mini-mart shortly after 9/11 changed the lives of two people. New York Times reporter Anand Giridharadas joins the show to recount the incident and aftermath in his new book, “The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas.”
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Capital Punishment In Texas
How does Texas decide who will die for their crimes, and how might the state keep from executing innocent people?
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