Today Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss an update on the NOLA prison escape, R Kelly’s medication overdose, and the death penalty, including the first death penalty, Europe and America’s historical execution practices, the spectacle of public execution, whitewashing the death penalty, jury nullification, hiding punishment for public image, the electric chair, and Woman of the Hour (2023)
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1:13:09
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1:13:09
Siege at "The Walls"
Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss updates on the NOLA jail break, chemical castrations in the UK, an 11-day siege at The Walls in Huntsville Texas, the major players, the conclusion, and Do the Right Thing (1989)
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1:11:38
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1:11:38
Dog the Bounty Hunter and Pimp C go to Prison
Professors Eric Bronson and Beck Strah discuss the recent New Orleans prison break, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Dog’s murder charge, Dog’s prison sentence, Dog’s racism allegations, Pimp C’s alleged crime, his prison sentence, Pimp C’s prison album, and The Traveling Executioner (1970)
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1:21:04
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1:21:04
Movie Maynute - No Escape (1994) and Dinosaur Prison (2023)
Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson discuss optimal muffin russian nesting doll configurations, correctional hiring freezes, reopening Alcatraz, and to close out Movie Maynute: No Escape (1994) and Dinosaur Prison (2023)
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1:20:49
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1:20:49
Movie Maynute - Stir Crazy (1980) and Escape From New York (1981)
Professors Beck Strah and Eric Bronson discuss safety measures on upper galleries of prisons, Stir Crazy (1980), and Escape From New York (1981)
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