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Could the US death penalty ever die out? A surreal story about a man in Acton, London, who supplied the USA with lethal drugs tips Livvy Haydock into the macabre world of Death Row

Radio 4,7 episodes

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Killing Death Row
Trailer
Could the US death penalty ever die out? Livvy Haydock investigates.
06 Oct 2023,3 mins
Killing Death Row
1. The Hunt for Lethal Drugs
Could the US death penalty ever die out? Livvy Haydock investigates.
13 Oct 2023,30 mins
Killing Death Row
2. How to Kill the Killers
Meeting a murderer on Death Row
13 Oct 2023,28 mins,
Killing Death Row
3. Inside the Chamber
What a modern execution might tell us about the future of the death penalty.
13 Oct 2023,29 mins
Killing Death Row
4. Who Cares if it Hurts?
How pain can be a problem for the US death penalty.
13 Oct 2023,29 mins
Killing Death Row
5. What’s the Cost?
What a brutal racist murder reveals about the future of death row.
13 Oct 2023,34 mins,
Killing Death Row
6. Living and Dying
How one man dies and another gets his life back.
13 Oct 2023,31 mins,