Fri. 2 pm – “The Constitution and Capital Punishment” The Eighth Amendment prohibits “cruel and unusual punishments,” 07/02/2021.

yet the death penalty is legal in 27 states. Is capital punishment constitutional? What is lethal injection, and does it cause suffering? Dr. Joel Zivot, associate professor of anesthesiology and surgery at Emory’s School of Medicine in Atlanta, has been to death row in six states and joins Leigh to discuss the ethics of the death sentence in America. Listen to WRUU 107.5 FM in Savannah and globally @wruu.org.