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12:01 The Death Penalty in Context

Hosted by Death Penalty Information Center · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 96 episodes

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Examining issues in the death penalty system. Brought to you by the Death Penalty Information Center, a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.

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Death Penalty Information Center hosts 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context, a news show with 96 episodes published.

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Naomi Yavneh Klos on Gas Executions, Holocaust Memory, and Common Ground

May 28, 202622m0

In the May 2026 episode of 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context, DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Dr. Naomi Yavneh Klos, Dean of the Honors College at the University of New Mexico, and a prominent scholar o

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Sherrerd Hartness on Victims’ Needs, Trauma, and the Limits of the Death Penalty

Apr 29, 202644m0

In the April 2026 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Sherrerd Hartness, a writer and speaker who advocates for victims’ families and co-victims of murder. In

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Elizabeth Vartkessian on Mitigation and "The Deserving"

Mar 20, 202630m0

In the March 2026 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Elizabeth Vartkessian (pictured), the executive director of Advancing Real Change (ARC), a national non-p

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DPI’s Taylor Bonner and U.S. Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty’s Furonda Brasfield on the Racial History of the Death Penalty

Feb 26, 202638m0

Taylor Bonner and Furonda Brasfield speak with DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger about the racial history of the death penalty and how current data and narratives about racial justice play a role in advocacy on the de

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Fair and Just Prosecution’s Aramis Ayala on the Death Penalty, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Conviction Integrity

Jan 30, 202623m0

In the January 2026 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Aramis Ayala, Executive Director of Fair and Just Prosecution. Ms. Ayala made history in 2016 as Florid

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Experts Discuss New DPI Report on Veterans and the Death Penalty

Nov 12, 202554m0

In the November 2025 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Captain Art Cody, Dr. Steven Xenakis, and DPI Staff Attorney Leah Roemer about DPI’s new report, For

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Maha Jweied of The Responsible Business Initiative for Justice Discusses Intersection of Business and the Legal System

Oct 20, 202526m0

In October 2025’s episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI managing director Anne Holsinger interviews Maha Jweied. Ms. Jweied, the CEO of The Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ), is an internat

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Katherine Judson of the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences Speaks on Flawed Forensics and Robert Roberson

Sep 30, 202532m0

In the September 2025 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s managing director Anne Holsinger interviews Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) expert Katherine Judson. Ms. Judson is Executive Director of the Center f

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Florida Attorney and Researcher Melanie Kalmanson on Recent Developments in Florida's Death Penalty

Aug 18, 202528m0

In the August 2025 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Melanie Kalmanson, a Florida attorney and author of the Substack newsletter Tracking Florida’s Death Pen

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Journalists Reflect on the Challenges and Importance of Media Reporting on the Death Penalty

Jul 3, 202546m0

In this month’s podcast episode of 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Sam Levin, a correspondent with The Guardian who covers criminal justice and the legal system, and

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Author Corinna Barrett Lain on the “Untold Story” of Lethal Injection

May 21, 202548m0

In this month’s podcast episode of 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Corinna Barrett Lain, the S.D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law at the University of Richmo

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Experts Discuss the Legacy of Roper v. Simmons

May 1, 202541m0

In this month’s podcast episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Professors Craig Haney and Frank Baumgartner, and DPI’s Staff Attorney Leah Roemer about the lega

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Sabrina Butler-Smith on Wrongful Convictions and Motherhood

Mar 20, 202525m0

In this month’s podcast episode of 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Sabrina Butler-Smith (pictured), who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death at age 17 for

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The Past, Present, and Future of the California Racial Justice Act

Feb 27, 202540m0

Here’s the description for today’s podcast: In the February 2025 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with three experts on California’s Racial Justice Act (RJA). Na

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The Death Penalty in 2024

Jan 29, 202519m0

In this month’s episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with DPI Communications Associate Hayley Bedard, about The Death Penalty in 2024, which highlights trends and events

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Earwitness Podcast Creator Beth Shelburne on Toforest Johnson’s Case

Nov 25, 202425m0

In this month’s episode of Discussions with DPI, Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Beth Shelburne, a journalist who has reported on the criminal legal system for over 25 years and creator of the podcast Earwit

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Professor Steve Vladeck on the Supreme Court’s Death Penalty Shift

Oct 18, 202437m0

In this month’s episode of Discussions with DPIC, Executive Director Robin Maher speaks with Steve Vladeck, a Georgetown law professor and expert on the Supreme Court. Professor Vladeck is the author of The Shadow Docket

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Carine Williams of the Innocence Project Discusses Death Penalty, Innocence, and ‘the Function of Freedom’

Sep 30, 202439m0

Rereleased for September 2024: In the March 2021 edition of Discussions with DPIC, Death Penalty Information Center Senior Director of Research and Special Projects Ngozi Ndulue is joined by Carine Williams — the Chief P

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Legal Fellow Leah Roemer on the Politicization of the Death Penalty

Aug 6, 202430m0

In this month’s episode of Discussions with DPIC, Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Leah Roemer, DPIC’s Legal Fellow and a primary author of our recent report, Lethal Election: How the U.S. Electoral Process I

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Attorney Jessica Sutton on the Unique Challenges of LGBTQ+ Capital Defendants

Jun 27, 202429m0

In this month’s episode of Discussions with DPIC, Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Jessica Sutton, principal attorney with Phillips Black, a nonprofit public interest law firm focused capital defense. Ms. Sut

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