Death Penalty
How working on Death Row convinced Susan that she was absolutely against the death penalty. Strong opinions from February 2013.
Susan Calman explores issues on which she has strong opinions. This week, she examines the issues surrounding the Death Penalty from the perspective gained whilst working on Death Row.
Susan was always stoically against capital punishment - because that was the expected position for a liberal student to take - and thought that she knew all about it. But it's very easy being so liberal when you're sitting in a country that doesn't have the death penalty. Then, as a law student, she travelled to North Carolina and worked on Death Row for a time. What she experienced whilst there persuaded her absolutely that she thought Capital Punishment was utterly wrong.
This is a story about the transition from casually adopting received opinion to developing your own belief system.
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2013.
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Death penalty
Duration: 02:24
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Performer | Susan Calman |
| Producer | Lyndsay Fenner |
| Writer | Susan Calman |
Broadcasts
Tue 19 Feb 2013 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Thu 28 Aug 2014 18:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 4 Sep 2014 07:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 4 Sep 2014 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 21 Jan 2016 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 13 Aug 2017 07:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 13 Aug 2017 17:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 13 Aug 2017 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 14 Aug 2017 05:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 19 Mar 2019 22:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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