SocietyCapital punishment in the US: Elected judges and prosecutors seek ‘results,’ ‘not interested in the truth’

François Picard welcomes Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner, an author, anti-death-penalty advocate and member of Together Against the Death Penalty. She says capital punishment is “really a political agenda, especially in electoral times,” and discusses how election pressures, judicial shortcomings and medical ethics shape US executions, including Christa Pike’s case and botched executions.