Show Notes
Singapore is one of the few countries in the world that still enforces the death penalty for offences that do not involve intentional killing, including drug trafficking. Singaporean anti-death penalty activist Rocky Howe and criminal lawyer and Director of Eleos Justice Sara Kowal discuss Singapore’s approach to capital punishment and the people living under its death penalty laws. Keep up to date with the Capital Punishment Justice Project here: https://www.cpjp.org.au/ You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guests: Sara Kowal & Rocky Howe Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Australian barrister Richard Bourke joins us to discuss the case of Christa Pike, who survived a failed lethal injection in Tennessee, and what her case reveals about the realities of the death penalty in the United States. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Host: Lex Lasry AM Guest: Richard Bourke Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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