#861 More Reasons Than You Should Need to Oppose the Death Penalty (Throwback)

Publish Date: 10-11-2026 Original Air Date: 9-16-2014 Today we dig through the archives to give context to the news that the Pentagon plans to execute the Fort Hood shooter by firing squad, the first U.S. military execution in more than 60 years. Full Show Notes BestOfTheLeft.com/Support Link in Bio - Everything in one place! (Support, contact, socials, books + merch) SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Death Penalty - @LastWeekTonight with John Oliver - Air Date 5-4-14 Ch. 2: Americans Back Death Penalty, Whether It's Lethal Injection or Not - @majorityfm - Air Date 05-29-14 Ch. 3: Death Penalty Ruled Cruel And Unusual Punishment In California - @theyoungturks - Air Date 07-18-14 Ch. 4: Botched Lethal Injection Takes TWO HOURS to Kill Man - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date 07-24-14 Ch. 5: Two Hours To Cease Existence - @theharryshearer (le Show) - Air Date 7-27-14 Ch. 6: Why Is No One Talking About The Innocent Man Texas Executed? - @RedactedTonight - Air Date 8-8-14 Ch. 7: Study: More Than Half of People Executed Have Severe Mental Illness - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date 07-25-14 Ch. 8: Bill Blum on the death penalty, both beheadings and lethal injections - @truthdig - Air Date 9-12-14 Ch. 9: The Truth, Finally, After 30 Years In Prison & The Truth Is Ugly - @theyoungturks - Air Date 03-13-14 Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Follow BotL: Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | X Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected]