The Return of the Firing Squad

With lethal injection drugs getting harder and harder to procure, states are legalizing death by firing squad. It may seem like a return to a more barbaric time, but there’s reason to believe that execution methods like lethal injection or nitrogen gas are even less humane. But even moreso, it may force us to confront our feelings about the death penalty as a nation.

Guests:

Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood, Catholic priest and founder of the Execution Intervention Project.

Maurice Chammah, staff writer for the Marshall Project and author of “Let the...