DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 9:18):
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President Biden’s Sudden Silence on the Death Penalty: Why Has the President Gone Silent on His Campaign Promise to Abolish the Federal Death Penalty?
ASSOCIATED PRESS (MICHAEL TARM)
Biden’s silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray
PART 2
(9:19 – 15:22):
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Why Do Atheists Oppose the Death Penalty More Than Religious Persons? There’s A Lot of Theology Here and It’s Openly Acknowledged
PEW RESEARCH CENTER (STEPHANIE KRAMER)
Unlike other U.S. religious groups, most atheists and agnostics oppose the death penalty
PART 3
(15:23 – 22:17):
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Have You Noticed How the Conversation on Crime and Policing Has Changed? Why Order and Trust Is Required for a Society to Thrive
NEW YORK TIMES (THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN)
Want to Get Trump Re-elected? Dismantle the Police.
PART 4
(22:18 – 26:23):
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We Never Quite Know What’s Lurking in the Depths, Do We? Diver in Cape Cod Scooped Up by a Whale. Sound Familiar?
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (RACHEL TREISMAN)
A Lobster Diver In Cape Cod Says A Humpback Whale Scooped Him Up And Spat Him Out