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America’s death penalty debate takes a dark turn

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A botched execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Christa Pike alive, while Donald Trump is pushing ahead with the first U.S. military execution in more than 60 years, reportedly by firing squad with plans to livestream it. Austin Sarat, Legal scholar and death penalty expert, Amherst College, joins Evan to discuss these developments.

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