As fewer funds are being allocated for attorneys to handle death penalty appeals and recently passed federal and state laws are set to speed up the appeals process, Bryan Stevenson and Richard Dieter discuss the politics of death row. The guests describe the importance of race and poverty in the appeals process and place the issue in its broader political context.
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The United States has formally confirmed for the first time that it killed four American citizens in Yemen and Pakistan, “outside of areas of active hostilities." Watch Democracy Now! Thursday when we get reaction from Jeremy Scahill, author of "Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield."
