Matthew Whalan and Ben Burgis continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching a debate on "Resolved: That the Death Penalty Is a Good Thing" from a 1994 episode of William F. Buckley's Firing Line. These names didn't all fit in the title but the guests are Ed Koch, Walter Berns, Susan Boleyn, Ira Glasser, Leon Botstein, Stephen B. Bright, Bryan Stevenson.

Matthew has written some relevant essays on His Substack:

https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com/p/the-jimmy-davis-jr-story-death-row

https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com/p/ending-peoples-lives-putting-people

https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com/p/institutional-racism-and-classism

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