Displaced in the New South

Last Firing Squad - 1 x 57:00

In January 1996, John Albert Taylor became the first person executed by a firing squad in the united States since Gary Gilmore was short to death 19 years earlier. He died insisting he was innocent, and chose to be killed by firing squad to bring attention to his claims. This program explores the life of Taylor and the intricacies of the death-penalty issue.

 

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