Why does the U.S. hold on to the death penalty while other countries in the West have abolished it? Justice Stevens caused quite a stir in explaining why he turned against the death penalty in his review of David Garland’s new book Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition. Find out why when we talk with David on the show.
Guest
David Garland, Professor of Sociology and Law at New York University, author of Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition
