Episode 128 – Sadness Sauce

On this episode of the BTC, the ladies revisit one of their favorite topics: death penalty cases. Join Janelle and Vicky as they look at two stories that both hold an important place in death penalty history.

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Research links here!:

History – “The execution of Gary Gilmore”
Office of the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – “Gary Mark Gilmore”
Biography – “Gary Gilmore: Facing the Firing Squad” (Youtube)
The Guardian – “Gary Gilmore gets his death wish – archive, 1977”
Time – “The Strange Story of the Man Who Chose Execution By Firing Squad”
Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
Death Penalty – “Execution Methods: Remembering Gary Gilmore’s Choice of Firing Squad”
“The Executioner’s Song” by Norman Mailer (Amazon)
https://www-jstor-org.auth.lib.niu.edu/stable/1228466?seq=5#metadata_info_tab_contents

CNN – “Wesley Purkey executed after Supreme Court cleared the way for second federal execution since 2003”
Death Penalty Information Center – “U.S. Government Hurriedly Executes Wesley Purkey After Overnight Rulings by U.S. Supreme Court Vacate Two Injunctions and a Stay of Execution”
The Marshall Project – “The Next to Die”
Purkey v. Barr, Response to Application, U.S. District Court for D.C.
FindLaw – “Purkey v. United States”
The United States Department of Justice – “Statement by Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec on the Execution of Wesley Ira Purkey”
IndyStar – “Wesley Ira Purkey executed in Terre Haute, 2nd man put to death this week”
The Washington Post – “Lawyers: Autopsy suggests inmate suffered during execution”
Bishop Accountability – “One of Five Federal Death Row Inmates Set for Execution Says He Was Molested by Priest”
The Witchita Eagle – “2 Wichitans Charged In Kidnap-Robbery”
The Kansas City Star – “From The Star’s archives: Girl’s disappearance casts doubt on parole system”
The Kansas City Star – “Strangers fund memorial for KC teen who was raped, dismembered and nearly forgotten”
Vox – “The Supreme Court’s new death penalty order should make your skin crawl”

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